| MALEST, Cornifici, tuo Catullo | 1 | Your Catullus is ill at ease, Cornificius, |
| malest, me hercule, et laboriose, | 2 | ill and in distress |
| et magis magis in dies et horas. | 3 | and that more and more daily and hourly. |
| quem tu, quod minimum facillimumque est, | 4 | And you, though that is the lightest and easiest task, |
| qua solatus es allocutione? | 5 | have you said one word to console him? |
| irascor tibi. sic meos amores? | 6 | I am getting angry with you – what, treat my love so? |
| paulum quid lubet allocutionis, | 7 | Give me only some little word of comfort, |
| maestius lacrimis Simonideis. | 8 | pathetic as the tears of Simonides!
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