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SI quicquam cupido optantique optigit umquam
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IF anything ever happened to any one who eagerly longed
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insperanti, hoc est gratum animo proprie.
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and never hoped, that is a true pleasure to the mind.
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quare hoc est gratum nobis quoque carius auro
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And so to me too this is a pleasure more precious than gold,
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quod te restituis, Lesbia, mi cupido.
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that you, Lesbia, restore yourself to me who longed for you,
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restituis cupido atque insperanti, ipsa refers te
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restore to me who longed, but never hoped, yes, you yourself give yourself back
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nobis. o lucem candidiore nota!
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to me. O happy day, blessed with the whiter mark!
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quis me uno uiuit felicior aut magis hac est
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What living wight is more lucky than I; or who can say
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optandus uita dicere quis poterit?
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that any fortune in life is more desirable than this ?
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