Sulpicia Elegiae

Tibullus

Sulpicia (attributed author). Six Poems. Mahoney, Anne, translator.

  1. My stupid birthday's here, and I'm supposed
  2. to go away and leave Cerinthus here.
  3. What's better than the city? On the farm,
  4. it's cold and rustic — no place for a girl.
  5. Messalla, uncle, you're thinking of me,
  6. but stop it: this is no time for a trip.
  7. Take me away, I'll leave my heart and mind
  8. In Rome: what good's free will? You make the rules.