Verse - Petronius - Translation

Question 1

lecto compositus vix prima silentia noctiscarpebam et somno lumina victa dabam,

Answer 1

Having settled myself in bed, I was just beginning to enjoy the first stillness of the nightand my eyes were overcome with tiredness and I was falling asleep,

Question 2

solus, io, solus, dure, iacere potes?’

Answer 2

can you just lie there on your own, hey, alone, obstinately?’

Question 2

cum me saevus Amor prensat sursumque capillisexcitat et lacerum pervigilare iubet

Answer 2

when cruel Love grabs me and pulls me up by the hair and orders me in my shattered state to stay awake

Question 3

exsilio et pedibus nudis tunicaque solute

Answer 3

I jump out of bed and with bare feet and with loose tunic

Question 3

omne iter impedio, nullum iter expedio.

Answer 3

I block every road, but I free no route.

Question 4

nunc propero, nunc ire piget, rursumque redire
paenitet,

Answer 4

Now I am hurrying, now it disgusts me to go on, but on the other hand it makes me sorry to go back,

Question 5

paenitet, et pudor est stare via media.

Answer 5

and I am ashamed of standing in the middle of the street.

Question 6

ecce tacent voces hominum strepitusque viarum

Answer 6

Look! People’s voices are silent, as is the din of the streets,

Question 7

et volucrum cantus turbaque fida canum:

Answer 7

and the songs of birds and the loyal mob of dogs:

Question 8

solus ego ex cunctis paveo somnumque torumque,

Answer 8

I alone out of everyone am terrified of both sleep and my bed,

Question 9

et sequor imperium, magne Cupido, tuum.

Answer 9

and I follow your command, great Cupid.