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Translation:Catullus 98

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Catullus 98
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

Elegiac couplets.

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Literal English Translation Original Latin Line

What is able to be said against you, if anything rotten Victius,
     Is that which is said in reference to verbose ones and fools.
If the opportunity should come to you, you would
     Be able to lick assholes and peasant sandals!
If you wish o kill us altogether, Victius
     Open your mouth to speak: You will accomplish what you desire.

In te, si in quemquam, dici pote, putide Victi,
     Id quod uerbosis dicitur et fatuis:
Ista cum lingua, si usus veniat tibi, possis
     Culos et crepidas lingere carpatinas.
Si nos omnino uis omnes perdere, Victi,
     Hiscas: omnino quod cupis efficies.

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