Catullus 85 and 7

Question 1

1 odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse
requiris.
2 nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

Answer 1

1 I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do this.
2 I do not know, but I feel it happen and am tormented.

Question 2

1 quaeris, quot mihi basiationes
2 tuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque.

Answer 2

You ask how many kisses of yours, Lesbia, are enough and more than enough for me.

Question 3

3 quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae
4 lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis

Answer 3

As big as the number of grains of Libyan sand which lie in silphium-producing Cyrene

Question 4

5 oraclum Iovis inter aestuosi
6 et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum;

Answer 4

Between the oracle of sultry Jupiter and the sacred tomb of ancient Battus

Question 5

7 aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,
8 furtivos hominum vident amores:

Answer 5

Or as many as the stars, when the night is silent, which see the secret love-affairs of humans:

Question 6

9 tam te basia multa basiare
10 vesano satis et super Catullo est,

Answer 6

For to kiss you with so many kisses is enough and more than enough for crazy Catullus

Question 7

11 quae nec pernumerare curiosi
12 possint nec mala fascinare lingua.

Answer 7

Which neither busybodies can count up, nor a wicked tongue can bewitch.