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IVCVNDVM, mea uita, mihi proponis amorem
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You promise to me, my life, that this love of ours
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hunc nostrum inter nos perpetuumque fore.
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shall be happy and last for ever between us.
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di magni, facite ut uere promittere possit,
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Ye great gods, grant that she may be able to keep this promise truly,
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atque id sincere dicat et ex animo,
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and that she may say it sincerely and from her heart,
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ut liceat nobis tota perducere uita
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so that it may be our lot to extend through all our life
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aeternum hoc sanctae foedus amicitiae.
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this eternal compact of hallowed friendship.
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