Horace - Finished with love

vixi puellis nuper idoneus

Until recently I lived [a life] attractive to girls

et militavi non sine gloria;

And I served as a solider, with a good deal of glory;

nunc arma defunctumque bello barbiton hic paries habebit,

Now this wall will hold my weapons and my lyre [which is] finished with war.

laevum marinae qui Veneris latus custodit.

Which guards the left hand side of sea-born Venus.

hic, hic ponite lucida funalia et vectes et arcus

Here, here place the gleaming torches and crowbars and bows,

oppositis foribus minaces.

threatening to the opposing doors.

o quae beatam diva tenes Cyprum et

Oh blessed goddess,

tenes Cyprum et Memphin carentem Sithonia nive,

you hold Cyprus and Memphis, free from Thracian snows.

regina, sublimi flagello

[my] queen, with [your] uplifted whip

tange Chloen semel arrogantem

touch arrogant Chloe for the first time.