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PAENE insularum, Sirmio, insularumque
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Sirmio, bright eye of peninsulas and islands,
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ocelle, quascumque in liquentibus stagnis
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whatever ones either Neptune bears
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marique uasto fert uterque Neptunus,
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in liquid lakes or in the vast sea.
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quam te libenter quamque laetus inuiso,
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how willingly and happily I visit you,
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uix mi ipse credens Thuniam atque Bithunos
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scarecely trusting myself that I have left Thynia and the Bithynian
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liquisse campos et uidere te in tuto.
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plains, and that I see you in safety.
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o quid solutis est beatius curis,
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Oh, what is more blessed that to put cares away,
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cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino
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when the mind lays down its burden, and tired
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labore fessi uenimus larem ad nostrum,
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with the labor of travel, we come to our own home
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desideratoque acquiescimus lecto?
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and rest on the bed we longed for.
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hoc est quod unum est pro laboribus tantis.
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This is the only thing that is worth such great toils.
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salue, o uenusta Sirmio, atque ero gaude
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Hello, charming Sirmio, rejoice in your happy master,
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gaudente, uosque, o Lydiae lacus undae,
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and you, Lydian waves of the lake,
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| ridete quidquid est domi
cachinnorum. |
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laugh whatever laughter there
is in your home. |