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@@ -0,0 +1,1217 @@ +The Project Gutenberg EBook of Sexti Properti Carmina, by Sextus Propertius + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Sexti Properti Carmina + +Author: Sextus Propertius + +Release Date: April 3, 2008 [EBook #237] + +Language: Latin + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEXTI PROPERTI CARMINA *** + + + + + + + + + + + + + + SEXTI PROPERTI ELEGIARVM + + LIBER PRIMVS + + CYNTHIA MONOBIBLOS + + + I + + CYNTHIA prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis, + contactum nullis ante cupidinibus. + tum mihi constantis deiecit lumina fastus + et caput impositis pressit Amor pedibus, + donec me docuit castas odisse puellas + improbus, et nullo uiuere consilio. + et mihi iam toto furor hic non deficit anno, + cum tamen aduersos cogor habere deos. + Milanion nullos fugiendo, Tulle, labores + saeuitiam durae contudit Iasidos. + nam modo Partheniis amens errabat in antris, + ibat et hirsutas ille uidere feras; + ille etiam Hylaei percussus uulnere rami + saucius Arcadiis rupibus ingemuit. + ergo uelocem potuit domuisse puellam: + tantum in amore preces et benefacta ualent. + in me tardus Amor non ullas cogitat artis, + nec meminit notas, ut prius, ire uias. + at uos, deductae quibus est fallacia lunae + et labor in magicis sacra piare focis, + en agedum dominae mentem conuertite nostrae, + et facite illa meo palleat ore magis! + tunc ego crediderim uobis et sidera et amnis + posse Cytaeines ducere carminibus. + et uos, qui sero lapsum reuocatis, amici, + quaerite non sani pectoris auxilia. + fortiter et ferrum saeuos patiemur et ignis, + sit modo libertas quae uelit ira loqui. + ferte per extremas gentis et ferte per undas, + qua non ulla meum femina norit iter: + uos remanete, quibus facili deus annuit aure, + sitis et in tuto semper amore pares. + in me nostra Venus noctes exercet amaras, + et nullo uacuus tempore defit Amor. + hoc, moneo, uitate malum: sua quemque moretur + cura, neque assueto mutet amore locum. + quod si quis monitis tardas aduerterit auris, + heu referet quanto uerba dolore mea! + + + + II + + QVID iuuat ornato procedere, uita, capillo + et tenuis Coa ueste mouere sinus? + aut quid Orontea crinis perfundere murra,. + teque peregrinis uendere muneribus; + naturae decus mercato perdere cultu, + nec sinere in propriis membra nitere bonis? + crede mihi, non ulla tua est medicina figurae: + nudus Amor formae non amat artificem. + aspice quos summittat humus formosa colores; + ut ueniant hederae sponte sua melius, + surgat et in solis formosius arbutus antris, + et sciat indocilis currere lympha uias. + litora natiuis persuadent picta lapillis, + et uolucres nulla dulcius arte canunt. + non sic Leucippis succendit Castora Phoebe, + Pollucem cultu non Hilaira soror; + non, Idae et cupido quondam discordia Phoebo, + Eueni patriis filia litoribus; + nec Phrygium falso traxit candore maritum + auecta externis Hippodamia rotis: + sed facies aderat nullis obnoxia gemmis, + qualis Apelleis est color in tabulis. + non illis studium uulgo conquirere amantis: + illis ampla satis forma pudicitia. + non ego nunc uereor ne sim tibi uilior istis: + uni si qua placet, culta puella sat est; + cum tibi praesertim Phoebus sua carmina donet + Aoniam libens Calliopea lyram, + unica nec desit iucundis gratia uerbis, + omnia quaeque Venus, quaeque Minerua probat. + his tu semper eris nostrae gratissima uitae, + taedia dum miserae sint tibi luxuriae. + + + + III + + QVALIS Thesea iacuit cedente carina + languida desertis Gnosia litoribus; + qualis et accubuit primo Cepheia somno + libera iam duris cotibus Andromede; + nec minus assiduis Edonis fessa choreis + qualis in herboso concidit Apidano: + talis uisa mihi mollem spirare quietem + Cynthia non certis nixa caput manibus, + ebria cum multo traherem uestigia Baccho, + et quaterent sera nocte facem pueri. + hanc ego, nondum etiam sensus deperditus omnis, + molliter impresso conor adire toro; + et quamuis duplici correptum ardore iuberent + hac Amor hac Liber, durus uterque deus, + subiecto leuiter positam temptare lacerto + osculaque admota sumere et arma manu, + non tamen ausus eram dominae turbare quietem, + expertae metuens iurgia saeuitiae; + sed sic intentis haerebam fixus ocellis, + Argus ut ignotis cornibus Inachidos. + et modo soluebam nostra de fronte corollas + ponebam tuis, Cynthia, temporibus; + et modo gaudebam lapsos formare capillos; + nunc furtiua cauis poma dabam manibus; + omniaque ingrato largibar munera somno, + munera de prono saepe uoluta sinu; + et quotiens raro duxit suspiria motu, + obstupui uano credulus auspicio, + ne qua tibi insolitos portarent uisa timores, + neue quis inuitam cogeret esse suam: + donec diuersas praecurrens luna fenestras, + luna moraturis sedula luminibus, + compositos leuibus radiis patefecit ocellos. + sic ait in molli fixa toro cubitum: + 'tandem te nostro referens iniuria lecto + alterius clausis expulit e foribus? + namque ubi longa meae consumpsti tempora noctis + languidus exactis, ei mihi, sideribus? + o utinam talis perducas, improbe, noctes, + me miseram qualis semper habere iubes! + nam modo purpureo fallebam stamine somnum, + rursus et Orpheae carmine, fessa, lyrae; + interdum leuiter mecum deserta querebar + externo longas saepe in amore moras: + dum me iucundis lapsam sopor impulit alis. + illa fuit lacrimis ultima cura meis.' + + + + IV + + QVID mihi tam multas laudando, Basse, puellas + mutatum domina cogis abire mea? + quid me non pateris uitae quodcumque sequetur + hoc magis assueto ducere seruitio? + tu licet Antiopae formam Nycteidos, et tu + Spartanae referas laudibus Hermionae, + et quascumque tulit formosi temporis aetas; + Cynthia non illas nomen habere sinat: + nedum, si leuibus fuerit collata figuris, + inferior duro iudice turpis eat. + haec sed forma mei pars est extrema furoris; + sunt maiora, quibus, Basse, perire iuuat: + ingenuus color et multis decus artibus, et quae + gaudia sub tacita dicere ueste libet. + quo magis et nostros contendis soluere amores, + hoc magis accepta fallit uterque fide. + non impune feres: sciet haec insana puella + et tibi non tacitis uocibus hostis erit; + nec tibi me post haec committet Cynthia nec te + quaeret; erit tanti criminis illa memor, + et te circum omnis alias irata puellas + differet: heu nullo limine carus eris. + nullas illa suis contemnet fletibus aras, + et quicumque sacer, qualis ubique, lapis. + non ullo grauius temptatur Cynthia damno, + quam sibi cum rapto cessat amore deus: + praecipue nostri. maneat sic semper, adoro, + nec quicquam ex illa quod querar inueniam! + + + + V + + INVIDE, tu tandem uoces compesce molestas + et sine nos cursu, quo sumus, ire pares! + quid tibi uis, insane? meos sentire furores? + infelix, properas ultima nosse mala, + et miser ignotos uestigia ferre per ignis, + et bibere e tota toxica Thessalia. + non est illa uagis similis collata puellis: + molliter irasci non solet illa tibi. + quod si forte tuis non est contraria uotis, + at tibi curarum milia quanta dabit! + non tibi iam somnos, non illa relinquet ocellos: + illa feros animis alligat una uiros. + a, mea contemptus quotiens ad limina curres, + cum tibi singultu fortia uerba cadent, + et tremulus maestis orietur fletibus horror, + et timor informem ducet in ore notam, + et quaecumque uoles fugient tibi uerba querenti, + nec poteris, qui sis aut ubi, nosse miser! + tum graue seruitium nostrae cogere puellae + discere et exclusum quid sit abire domum; + nec iam pallorem totiens mirabere nostrum, + aut cur sim toto corpore nullus ego. + nec tibi nobilitas poterit succurrere amanti: + nescit Amor priscis cedere imaginibus. + quod si parua tuae dederis uestigia culpae, + quam cito de tanto nomine rumor eris! + non ego tum potero solacia ferre roganti, + cum mihi nulla mei sit medicina mali; + sed pariter miseri socio cogemur amore + alter in alterius mutua flere sinu. + quare, quid possit mea Cynthia, desine, Galle, + quaerere: non impune illa rogata uenit. + + + + VI + + NON ego nunc Hadriae uereor mare noscere tecum + Tulle, neque Aegaeo ducere uela salo, + cum quo Rhipaeos possim conscendere montis + ulterius domos uadere Memnonias; + sed me complexae remorantur uerba puellae, + mutatoque graues saepe colore preces. + illa mihi totis argutat noctibus ignis, + et queritur nullos esse relicta deos; + illa meam mihi iam se denegat, illa minatur, + quae solet irato tristis amica uiro. + his ego non horam possum durare querelis: + a pereat, si quis lentus amare potest! + an mihi sit tanti doctas cognoscere Athenas + atque Asiae ueteres cernere diuitias, + ut mihi deducta faciat conuicia puppi + Cynthia et insanis ora notet manibus, + osculaque opposito dicat sibi debita uento, + et nihil infido durius esse uiro? + tu patrui meritas conare anteire securis, + et uetera oblitis iura refer sociis. + nam tua non aetas umquam cessauit amori, + semper et armatae cura fuit patriae; + et tibi non umquam nostros puer iste labores + afferat et lacrimis omnia nota meis! + me sine, quem semper uoluit fortuna iacere, + hanc animam extremae reddere nequitiae. + multi longinquo periere in amore libenter, + in quorum numero me quoque terra tegat. + non ego sum laudi, non natus idoneus armis: + hanc me militiam fata subire uolunt. + at tu seu mollis qua tendit Ionia, seu qua + Lydia Pactoli tingit arata liquor; + seu pedibus terras seu pontum carpere remis + ibis, et accepti pars eris imperii: + tum tibi si qua mei ueniet non immemor hora, + uiuere me duro sidere certus eris. + + + + VII + + DVM tibi Cadmeae dicuntur, Pontice, Thebae + armaque fraternae tristia militiae, + atque, ita sim felix, primo contendis Homero, + (sint modo fata tuis mollia carminibus:) + nos, ut consuemus, nostros agitamus amores, + atque aliquid duram quaerimus in dominam; + nec tantum ingenio quantum seruire dolori + cogor et aetatis tempora dura queri. + hic mihi conteritur uitae modus, haec mea fama est, + hinc cupio nomen carminis ire mei. + me laudent doctae solum placuisse puellae, + Pontice, et iniustas saepe tulisse minas; + me legat assidue post haec neglectus amator, + et prosint illi cognita nostra mala. + te quoque si certo puer hic concusserit arcu, + (quod nolim: nostros te uiolasse deos!) + longe castra tibi, longe miser agmina septem + flebis in aeterno surda iacere situ; + et frustra cupies mollem componere uersum, + nec tibi subiciet carmina serus Amor. + tum me non humilem mirabere saepe poetam, + tunc ego Romanis praeferar ingeniis; + nec poterunt iuuenes nostro reticere sepulcro + 'Ardoris nostri magne poeta, iaces.' + tu caue nostra tuo contemnas carmina fastu: + saepe uenit magno faenore tardus Amor. + + + + VIII + + TVNE igitur demens, nec te mea cura moratur? + an tibi sum gelida uilior Illyria? + et tibi iam tanti, quicumque est, iste uidetur, + ut sine me uento quolibet ire uelis? + tune audire potes uesani murmura ponti + fortis, et in dura naue iacere potes? + tu pedibus teneris positas fulcire pruinas, + tu potes insolitas, Cynthia, ferre niues? + o utinam hibernae duplicentur tempora brumae, + et sit iners tardis nauita Vergiliis, + nec tibi Tyrrhena soluatur funis harena, + neue inimica meas eleuet aura preces! + atque ego non uideam talis subsidere uentos, + cum tibi prouectas auferet unda ratis, + ut me defixum uacua patiatur in ora + crudelem infesta saepe uocare manu! + Sed quocumque modo de me, periura, mereris, + sit Galatea tuae non aliena uiae: + ut te, felici praeuecta Ceraunia remo, + accipiat placidis Oricos aequoribus. + nam me non ullae poterunt corrumpere, de te + quin ego, uita, tuo limine uerba querar; + nec me deficiet nautas rogitare citatos + 'Dicite, quo portu clausa puella mea est? + et dicam 'Licet Atraciis considat in oris, + et licet Hylleis, illa futura mea est.' + hic erat! hic iurata manet! rumpantur iniqui! + uicimus: assiduas non tulit illa preces. + falsa licet cupidus deponat gaudia liuor: + destitit ire nouas Cynthia nostra uias. + illi carus ego et per me carissima Roma + dicitur, et sine me dulcia regna negat. + illa uel angusto mecum requiescere lecto + et quocumque modo maluit esse mea, + quam sibi dotatae regnum uetus Hippodamiae, + et quas Elis opes ante pararat equis. + quamuis magna daret, quamuis maiora daturus, + non tamen illa meos fugit auara sinus. + hanc ego non auro, non Indis flectere conchis, + sed potui blandi carminis obsequio. + sunt igitur Musae, neque amanti tardus Apollo, + quis ego fretus amo: Cynthia rara mea est! + nunc mihi summa licet contingere sidera plantis: + siue dies seu nox uenerit, illa mea est! + nec mihi riualis certos subducit amores: + ista meam norit gloria canitiem. + + + + IX + + DICEBAM tibi uenturos, irrisor, amores, + nec tibi perpetuo libera uerba fore: + ecce iaces supplexque uenis ad iura puellae, + et tibi nunc quaeuis imperat empta modo. + non me Chaoniae uincant in amore columbae + dicere, quos iuuenes quaeque puella domet. + me dolor et lacrimae merito fecere peritum: + atque utinam posito dicar amore rudis! + quid tibi nunc misero prodest graue dicere carmen + aut Amphioniae moenia flere lyrae? + plus in amore ualet Mimnermi uersus Homero: + carmina mansuetus lenia quaerit Amor. + i quaeso et tristis istos compone libellos, + et cane quod quaeuis nosse puella uelit! + quid si non esset facilis tibi copia? nunc tu + insanus medio flumine quaeris aquam. + necdum etiam palles, uero nec tangeris igni: + haec est uenturi prima fauilla mali. + tum magis Armenias cupies accedere tigris + et magis infernae uincula nosse rotae, + quam pueri totiens arcum sentire medullis + et nihil iratae posse negare tuae. + nullus Amor cuiquam facilis ita praebuit alas, + ut non alterna presserit ille manu. + nec te decipiat, quod sit satis illa parata: + acrius illa subit, Pontice, si qua tua est, + quippe ubi non liceat uacuos seducere ocellos + nec uigilare alio nomine cedat Amor. + qui non ante patet, donec manus attigit ossa. + quisquis es, assiduas a fuge blanditias! + illis et silices et possint cedere quercus, + nedum tu possis, spiritus iste leuis. + quare, si pudor est, quam primum errata fatere: + dicere quo pereas saepe in amore leuat. + + + + X + + O IVCVNDA quies, primo cum testis amori + affueram uestris conscius in lacrimis! + o noctem meminisse mihi iucunda uoluptas, + o quotiens uotis illa uocanda meis. + cum te complexa morientem, Galle, puella + uidimus et longa ducere uerba mora! + quamuis labentis premeret mihi somnus ocellos + et mediis caelo Luna ruberet equis, + non tamen a uestro potui secedere lusu. + tantus in alternis uocibus ardor erat. + sed quoniam non es ueritus concedere nobis, + accipe commissae munera laetitiae: + non solum uestros didici reticere dolores, + est quiddam in nobis maius, amice, fide. + possum ego diuersos iterum coniungere amantis. + et dominae tardas possum aperire fores; + et possum alterius curas sanare recentis, + nec leuis in uerbis est medicina meis. + Cynthia me docuit semper quaecumque petenda + quaeque cauenda forent: non nihil egit Amor. + tu caue ne tristi cupias pugnare puellae, + neue superba loqui, neue tacere diu; + neu, si quid petiit, ingrata fronte negaris. + neu tibi pro uano uerba benigna cadant. + irritata uellit, quando contemnitur illa, + nec meminit iustas ponere laesa minas: + at quo sis humilis magis et subiectus amori, + hoc magis effecto saepe fruare bono. + is poterit felix una remanere puella, + qui numquam uacuo pectore liber erit. + + + + XI + + ECQVID te mediis cessantem, Cynthia, Bais, + qua iacet Herculeis semita litoribus, + et modo Thesproti mirantem subdita regno + proxima Misenis aequora nobilibus, + nostri cura subit memores a! ducere noctes? + ecquis in extremo restat amore locus? + an te nescio quis simulatis ignibus hostis + sustulit e nostris, Cynthia, carminibus? + atque utinam mage te, remis confisa minutis, + paruula Lucrina cumba moretur aqua, + aut teneat clausam tenui Teuthrantis in unda + alternae facilis cedere lympha manu, + quam uacet alterius blandos audire susurros + molliter in tacito litore compositam!Q + ut solet amota labi custode puella + perfida, communis nec meminisse deos: + non quia perspecta non es mihi cognita fama, + sed quod in hac omnis parte timetur amor. + ignosces igitur, si quid tibi triste libelli + attulerint nostri: culpa timoris erit. + 'an mihi non maior carae custodia matris?' + aut sine te uitae cura sit ulla meae? + tu mihi sola domus, tu, Cynthia, sola parentes, + omnia tu nostrae tempora laetitiae. + seu tristis ueniam seu contra laetus amicis, + quicquid ero, dicam' Cynthia causa fuit. + tu modo quam primum corruptas desere Baias: + multis ista dabunt litora discidium, + litora quae fuerant castis inimica puellis: + a pereant Baiae, crimen amoris, aquae! + + + + XII + + QVID mihi desidiae non cessas fingere crimen, + quod faciat nobis conscia Roma moram? + tam multa illa meo diuisa est milia lecto, + quantum Hypanis Veneto dissidet Eridano; + nec mihi consuetos amplexu nutrit amores + Cynthia, nec nostra dulcis in aure sonat. + olim gratus eram: non illo tempore cuiquam + contigit ut simili posset amare fide. + inuidiae fuimus: non me deus obruit? an quae + lecta Prometheis diuidit herba iugis? + non sum ego qui fueram: mutat uia longa puellas. + quantus in exiguo tempore fugit amor! + nunc primum longas solus cognoscere noctes + cogor et ipse meis auribus esse grauis. + felix, qui potuit praesenti flere puellae; + non nihil aspersis gaudet Amor lacrimis: + aut si despectus potuit mutare calores, + sunt quoque translato gaudia seruitio. + mi neque amare aliam neque ab hac desistere fas est: + Cynthia prima fuit, Cynthia finis erit. + + + + XIII + + TV, quod saepe soles, nostro laetabere casu, + Galle, quod abrepto solus amore uacem. + at non ipse tuas imitabor, perfide, uoces: + fallere te numquam, Galle, puella uelit. + dum tibi deceptis augetur fama puellis, + certus et in nullo quaeris amore moram, + perditus in quadam tardis pallescere curis + incipis, et primo lapsus abire gradu. + haec erit illarum contempti poena doloris: + multarum miseras exiget una uices. + haec tibi uulgaris istos compescet amores, + nec noua quaerendo semper amicus eris. + haec ego non rumore malo, non augure doctus; + uidi ego: me quaeso teste negare potes? + uidi ego te toto uinctum languescere collo + et flere iniectis, Galle, diu manibus, + et cupere optatis animam deponere uerbis, + et quae deinde meus celat, amice, pudor. + non ego complexus potui diducere uestros: + tantus erat demens inter utrosque furor. + non sic Haemonio Salmonida mixtus Enipeo + Taenarius facili pressit amore deus, + nec sic caelestem flagrans amor Herculis Heben + sensit in Oetaeis gaudia prima iugis. + una dies omnis potuit praecurrere amantis: + nam tibi non tepidas subdidit illa faces, + nec tibi praeteritos passa est succedere fastus, + nec sinet abduci: te tuus ardor aget. + nec mirum, cum sit Ioue digna et proxima Ledae + et Ledae partu gratior, una tribus; + illa sit Inachiis et blandior heroinis, + illa suis uerbis cogat amare Iouem. + tu uero quoniam semel es periturus amore, + utere: non alio limine dignus eras. + quae tibi sit felix quoniam nouus incidit error; + et quodcumque uoles, una sit ista tibi. + + + + XIV + + TV licet abiectus Tiberina molliter unda + Lesbia Mentoreo uina bibas opere, + et modo tam celeres mireris currere lintres + et modo tam tardas funibus ire ratis; + et nemus omne satas intendat uertice siluas, + urgetur quantis Caucasus arboribus; + non tamen ista meo ualeant contendere amori: + nescit Amor magnis cedere diuitiis. + nam siue optatam mecum trahit illa quietem, + seu facili totum ducit amore diem, + tum mihi Pactoli ueniunt sub tecta liquores, + et legitur Rubris gemma sub aequoribus; + tum mihi cessuros spondent mea gaudia reges: + quae maneant, dum me fata perire uolent! + nam quis diuitiis aduerso gaudet Amore? + nulla mihi tristi praemia sint Venere! + illa potest magnas heroum infringere uires, + illa etiam duris mentibus esse dolor: + illa neque Arabium metuit transcendere limen + nec timet ostrino, Tulle, subire toro + et miserum toto iuuenem uersare cubili: + quid releuant uariis serica textilibus? + quae mihi dum placata aderit, non ulla uerebor + regna uel Alcinoi munera despicere. + + + + XV + + SAEPE ego multa tuae leuitatis dura timebam, + hac tamen excepta, Cynthia, perfidia. + aspice me quanto rapiat fortuna periclo! + tu tamen in nostro lenta timore uenis; + et potes hesternos manibus componere crinis + et longa faciem quaerere desidia, + nec minus Eois pectus uariare lapillis, + ut formosa nouo quae parat ire uiro. + at non sic Ithaci digressu mota Calypso + desertis olim fleuerat aequoribus: + multos illa dies incomptis maesta capillis + sederat, iniusto multa locuta salo, + et quamuis numquam post haec uisura, dolebat + illa tamen, longae conscia laetitiae. + nec sic Aesoniden rapientibus anxia uentis + Hypsipyle uacuo constitit in thalamo: + Hypsipyle nullos post illos sensit amores, + ut semel Haemonio tabuit hospitio. + Alphesiboea suos ulta est pro coniuge fratres + sanguinis et cari uincula rupit amor. + coniugis Euadne miseros elata per ignis + occidit, Argiuae fama pudicitiae. + quarum nulla tuos potuit conuertere mores, + tu quoque uti fieres nobilis historia. + desine iam reuocare tuis periuria uerbis, + Cynthia, et oblitos parce mouere deos; + audax a nimium, nostro dolitura periclo, + si quid forte tibi durius inciderit! + multa prius: uasto labentur flumina ponto, + annus et inuersas duxerit ante uices, + quam tua sub nostro mutetur pectore cura: + sis quodcumque uoles, non aliena tamen. + quam tibi ne uiles isti uideantur ocelli, + per quos saepe mihi credita perfidia est! + hos tu iurabas, si quid mentita fuisses, + ut tibi suppositis exciderent manibus: + et contra magnum potes hos attollere Solem, + nec tremis admissae conscia nequitiae? + quis te cogebat multos pallere colores + et fletum inuitis ducere luminibus? + quis ego nunc pereo, similis moniturus amantis + 'O nullis tutum credere blanditiis!' + + + + XVI + + 'QVAE fueram magnis olim patefacta triumphis, + Ianua Tarpeiae nota pudicitiae; + cuius inaurati celebrarunt limina currus, + captorum lacrimis umida supplicibus; + nunc ego, nocturnis potorum saucia rixis, + pulsata indignis saepe queror manibus, + et mihi non desunt turpes pendere corollae + semper et exclusis signa iacere faces. + nec possum infamis dominae defendere noctes + nobilis obscenis tradita carminibus; + (nec tamen illa suae reuocatur parcere famae, + turpior et saecli uiuere luxuria.) + has inter grauibus cogor deflere querelis, + supplicis a longis tristior excubiis. + ille meos numquam patitur requiescere postis, + arguta referens carmina blanditia: + "Ianua uel domina penitus crudelior ipsa, + quid mihi iam duris clausa taces foribus? + cur numquam reserata meos admittis amores, + nescia furtiuas reddere mota preces? + nullane finis erit nostro concessa dolori, + turpis et in tepido limine somnus erit? + me mediae noctes, me sidera plena iacentem, + frigidaque Eoo me dolet aura gelu: + tu sola humanos numquam miserata dolores + respondes tacitis mutua cardinibus. + o utinam traiecta caua mea uocula rima + percussas dominae uertat in auriculas! + sit licet et saxo patientior illa Sicano, + sit licet et ferro durior et chalybe, + non tamen illa suos poterit compescere ocellos, + surget et inuitis spiritus in lacrimis. + nunc iacet alterius felici nixa lacerto, + at mea nocturno uerba cadunt Zephyro. + sed tu sola mei, tu maxima causa doloris, + uicta meis numquam, ianua, muneribus. + te non ulla meae laesit petulantia linguae, + quae solet irato dicere tota loco, + ut me tam longa raucum patiare querela + sollicitas triuio peruigilare moras. + at tibi saepe nouo deduxi carmina uersu, + osculaque impressis nixa dedi gradibus. + ante tuos quotiens uerti me, perfida, postis, + debitaque occultis uota tuli manibus!" + haec ille et si quae miseri nouistis amantes, + et matutinis obstrepit alitibus. + sic ego nunc dominae uitiis et semper amantis + fletibus aeterna deferor inuidia.' + + + + XVII + + ET merito, quoniam potui fugisse puellam + nunc ego desertas alloquor alcyonas. + nec mihi Cassiope solito uisura carinam, + omniaque ingrato litore uota cadunt. + quin etiam absenti prosunt tibi, Cynthia, uenti: + aspice, quam saeuas increpat aura minas. + nullane placatae ueniet fortuna procellae? + haecine parua meum funus harena teget? + tu tamen in melius saeuas conuerte querelas: + sat tibi sit poenae nox et iniqua uada. + an poteris siccis mea fata reponere ocellis, + ossaque nulla tuo nostra tenere sinu? + a pereat, quicumque ratis et uela parauit + primus et inuito gurgite fecit iter! + nonne fuit leuius dominae peruincere mores + (quamuis dura, tamen rara puella fuit), + quam sic ignotis circumdata litora siluis + cernere et optatos quaerere Tyndaridas? + illic si qua meum sepelissent fata dolorem, + ultimus et posito staret amore lapis, + illa meo caros donasset funere crinis, + molliter et tenera poneret ossa rosa; + illa meum extremo clamasset puluere nomen, + ut mihi non ullo pondere terra foret. + at uos, aequoreae formosa Doride natae, + candida felici soluite uela choro: + si quando uestras labens Amor attigit undas, + mansuetis socio parcite litoribus. + + + + XVIII + + HAEC certe deserta loca et taciturna querenti, + et uacuum Zephyri possidet aura nemus. + hic licet occultos proferre impune dolores, + si modo sola queant saxa tenere fidem. + unde tuos primum repetam, mea Cynthia, fastus? + quod mihi das flendi, Cynthia, principium? + qui modo felices inter numerabar amantis, + nunc in amore tuo cogor habere notam. + quid tantum merui? quae te mihi carmina mutant + an noua tristitiae causa puella tuae? + sic mihi te referas, leuis, ut non altera nostro + limine formosos intulit ulla pedes. + quamuis multa tibi dolor hic meus aspera debet, + non ita saeua tamen uenerit ira mea + ut tibi sim merito semper furor, et tua flendo + lumina deiectis turpia sint lacrimis. + an quia parua damus mutato signa colore? + et non ulla meo clamat in ore fides? + uos eritis testes, si quos habet arbor amores, + fagus et Arcadio pinus amica deo. + a quotiens teneras resonant mea uerba sub umbras, + scribitur et uestris Cynthia corticibus! + an tua quod peperit nobis iniuria curas, + quae solum tacitis cognita sunt foribus? + omnia consueui timidus perferre superbae + iussa neque arguto facta dolore queri. + pro quo diuini fontes et frigida rupes + et datur inculto tramite dura quies; + et quodcumque meae possunt narrare querelae, + cogor ad argutas dicere solus auis. + sed qualiscum es resonent mihi 'Cynthia' siluae, + nec deserta tuo nomine saxa uacent. + + + + XIX + + NON ego nunc tristis uereor, mea Cynthia, Manis, + nec moror extremo debita fata rogo; + sed ne forte tuo careat mihi funus amore, + hic timor est ipsis durior exsequiis. + non adeo leuiter noster puer haesit ocellis, + ut meus oblito puluis amore uacet. + illic Phylacides iucundae coniugis heros + non potuit caecis immemor esse locis, + sed cupidus falsis attingere gaudia palmis + Thessalus antiquam uenerat umbra domum. + illic quidquid ero, semper tua dicar imago: + traicit et fati litora magnus amor. + illic formosae ueniant chorus heroinae, + quas dedit Argiuis Dardana praeda uiris; + quarum nulla tua fuerit mihi, Cynthia, forma + gratior, et (Tellus hoc ita iusta sinat) + quamuis te longae remorentur fata senectae, + cara tamen lacrimis ossa futura meis. + quae tu uiua mea possis sentire fauilla! + tum mihi non ullo mors sit amara loco. + quam uereor, ne te contempto, Cynthia, busto + abstrahat e nostro puluere iniquus Amor, + cogat et inuitam lacrimas siccare cadentis! + flectitur assiduis certa puella minis. + quare, dum licet, inter nos laetemur amantes: + non satis est ullo tempore longus amor. + + + + XX + + HOC pro continuo te, Galle, monemus amore, + (id tibi ne uacuo defluat ex animo) + saepe imprudenti fortuna occurrit amanti: + crudelis Minyis dixerit Ascanius. + est tibi non infra speciem, non nomine dispar, + Theiodamanteo proximus ardor Hylae: + hunc tu, siue leges umbrosae flumina siluae, + siue Aniena tuos tinxerit unda pedes, + siue Gigantea spatiabere litoris ora, + siue ubicumque uago fluminis hospitio, + Nympharum semper cupidas defende rapinas + (non minor Ausoniis est amor Adryasin); + ne tibi sint duri montes et frigida saxa, + Galle, neque expertos semper adire lacus: + quae miser ignotis error perpessus in oris + Herculis indomito fleuerat Ascanio. + namque ferunt olim Pagasae naualibus Argon + egressam longe Phasidos isse uiam, + et iam praeteritis labentem Athamantidos undis + Mysorum scopulis applicuisse ratem. + hic manus heroum, placidis ut constitit oris, + mollia composita litora fronde tegit. + at comes inuicti iuuenis processerat ultra + raram sepositi quaerere fontis aquam. + hunc duo sectati fratres, Aquilonia proles, + hunc super et Zetes, hunc super et Calais, + oscula suspensis instabant carpere palmis, + oscula et alterna ferre supina fuga. + ille sub extrema pendens secluditur ala + et uolucres ramo summouet insidias. + iam Pandioniae cessat genus Orithyiae: + a dolor! ibat Hylas, ibat Hamadryasin. + hic erat Arganthi Pegae sub uertice montis + grata domus Nymphis umida Thyniasin, + quam supra nullae pendebant debita curae + roscida desertis poma sub arboribus, + et circum irriguo surgebant lilia prato + candida purpureis mixta papaueribus. + quae modo decerpens tenero pueriliter ungui + proposito florem praetulit officio, + et modo formosis incumbens nescius undis + errorem blandis tardat imaginibus. + tandem haurire parat demissis flumina palmis + innixus dextro plena trahens umero. + cuius ut accensae Dryades candore puellae + miratae solitos destituere choros, + prolapsum leuiter facili traxere liquore: + tum sonitum rapto corpore fecit Hylas. + cui procul Alcides iterat responsa, sed illi + nomen ab extremis fontibus aura refert. + his, o Galle, tuos monitus seruabis amores, + formosum Nymphis credere uisus Hylan. + 'Tu, qui consortem properas euadere casum, + miles ab Etruscis saucius aggeribus, + quid nostro gemitu turgentia lumina torques? + pars ego sum uestrae proxima militiae. + sic te seruato, ut possint gaudere parentes, + ne soror acta tuis sentiat e lacrimis: + Gallum per medios ereptum Caesaris ensis + effugere ignotas non potuisse manus; + et quicumque super dispersa inuenerit ossa + montibus Etruscis, haec sciat esse mea.' + + + + XXII + + QVALIS et unde genus, qui sint mihi, Tulle, Penates, + quaeris pro nostra semper amicitia. + si Perusina tibi patriae sunt nota sepulcra, + (Italiae duris funera temporibus, + cum Romana suos egit discordia ciuis,) + sic mihi praecipue puluis Etrusca dolor. + tu proiecta mei perpessa es membra propinqui, + tu nullo miseri contegis ossa solo. + proxima supposito contingens Vmbria campo + me genuit terris fertilis uberibus. + + + + + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's Sexti Properti Carmina, by Sextus Propertius + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEXTI PROPERTI CARMINA *** + +***** This file should be named 237.txt or 237.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/2/3/237/ + + + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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