Translation:Poems (Hadrian)/1

←

Poem 1 (c. 100)
by Hadrian, translated from Latin by Wikisource

→

This is a merciful response to an epigram of Florus which said:

I don't want to be Caesar
walk through Britannia
endure the Scythian snow.

Hadrian2922364Poem 1c/100Wikisource

Literal English Translation	Original Latin	Line
Ego nōlō Flōrus esse, ambulāre per tabernās, latitāre per popīnās, culicēs patī rotundōs.	I don't want to be Florus, walk by the taverns, lurk by the eating-house, endure round gnats.	1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4