Sulpicia Elegiae
Tibullus
Sulpicia (attributed author). Six Poems. Mahoney, Anne, translator.
- At last the love I've waited for has come.
- (No shame to say so: more to cover up).
- My Camenae called on her in prayer,
- and Cytherea brought him to my heart.
- Venus kept her promise: now she can tell
- my tale of joy to those who don't believe.
- I hardly want to give this letter up
- so no one else sees it before he does.
- I'm glad I did it — why wear a prudish mask,
- as if he wasn't good enough for me!