Catullus invites a Friend to Dinner Translation

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cenabis bene,

You will dine well,

mi Fabulle,

my [dear] Fabullus,

apud me

at my house,

paucis ... diebus,

in a few days,

si tibi di favent,

if the gods favour you,

si tecum attuleris

if you bring with you

bonam atque magnam cenam,

a good and great meal,

non sine candida puella

not without a fair-skinned girl

et vino et sale

and the wine and the wit

et omnibus cachinnis.

and all the laughs.

haec si, inquam, attuleris, venuste noster, cenabis bene;

If you bring these things, my charming friend, I say you will dine well;

nam tui Catulli plenus sacculus est aranearum.

for the purse of your [dear] Catullus is full of cobwebs.

sed contra accipies meros amores,

But in exchange you will receive pure affection,

seu quid suavius et elegantiusve est;

or whatever is sweeter or indeed more tasteful;

nam unguentum dabo,

for I will give you a perfume,

quod meae puellae donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque,

which to my girl the goddesses and gods of love have given;

quod tu cum olfacies,

when you smell it,

deos rogabis totum te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

you will ask the gods to make you all nose, Fabullus.