Horace: Finished with Love

vixi puellis nuper idoneus

I have lived [my life, until] recently, attractive to girls,

et militavi

and have fought,

non sine gloria;

not without distinction;

nunc arma ... hic paries habebit,

[but] now, this wall will hold [my] weapons

defunctumque bello barbiton

and lyre, finished with war,

laevum marinae qui Veneris latus custodit.

[the one] which protects the left side of sea-born Venus.

hic, hic ponite lucida funalia,

Here, here place the gleaming torches

et vectes et arcus

and crowbars and bows

oppositis foribus minaces.

used to threaten barred doors.

o quae beatam diva tenes Cyprum et Memphin

O goddes, you who dwells in blessed Cyprus and Memphis,

carentem Sithonia nive,

free from Sithonian snow,

regina, sublimi flagello

queen, with your uplifted whip,

tange Chloen

strike Chloe,

semel arrogantem.

disdainful for the first time.