Sulpicia Sulpicia Elegiae 1

Anne Mahoney (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!

Sulpicia Elegiae. Sulpicia. Anne Mahoney (Translator). Medford, MA. 2000-08-01.

Sponsored by Perseus Project, Tufts University.

Funding provided by Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.

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

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Carmina Omnia Perseus (Sulpicia (attributed author). Carmina Omnia. Mahoney, Anne, editor.) — 1 focus

Tandem venit amor, qualem texisse pudori

quam nudasse alicui sit mihi fama magis.

Exorata meis illum Cytherea Camenis

attulit in nostrum deposuitque sinum.

Exsolvit promissa Venus: mea gaudia narret,

dicetur si quis non habuisse sua.

Non ego signatis quicquam mandare tabellis,

ne legat id nemo quam meus ante, velim.

Sed peccasse iuvat, vultus componere famae

taedet: cum digno digna fuisse ferar.