| Carmen 91 (in English by Tony Kline) |
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It’s not because I knew you well or thought you faithful,
Gellius, or thought you could keep your mind from vile sin,
that I expected you to be true to me
in this hopeless ruinous love of mine:
but because I was aware that she, for whom a vast desire
consumes me, was no mother or sister of yours.
And though I was closely linked to you by friendship,
I didn’t think that was enough excuse for you.
You considered it enough: there’s so much pleasure
in every game to you, in which there’s any sin.
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