Catullus 8

Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire,et quod vides perisse perditum ducas.fulsere quondam candidi tibi soles,cum ventitabas quo puella ducebatamata nobis quantum amabitur nulla.............................5ibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebantquae tu volebas nec puella nolebat,fulsere vere candidi tibi soles.nunc iam illa non vult: tu quoque, impote<ns, noli>,nec quae fugit sectare, nec miser vive,........................10sed obstinata mente perfer, obdura.vale, puella. iam Catullus obdurat,nec te requiret, nec rogabit invitam.at tu dolebis, cum rogaberis nulla.scelesta, vae te, quae tibi manet vita?..........................15quis nunc te adibit? cui videberis bella?quem nunc amabis? cuius esse diceris?quem basiabis? cui labella mordebis?at tu, Catulle, destinatus obdura.

Meter: limping iambics.1.desinas: Optative Subjunctive, "may you cease to play the fool"

ineptire: infinitive dependent upon desinas.2.ducas: Optative Subjunctive, "judge", "consider"; this leads into an Indirect Statement

(sc. esse).3. fulsere: i.e., fulserunt4.cum ventitiabas; when you used to go5.quantum amabitur nulla: as much as no girl shall be love

nobis: by me dative of agent6. ibi. . .cum: then, when. . ..7.quae: has iocosa as antecedent; 

nec...nolebat: litotes.9.volt=vult

impotens: lacking in self-control, weaklingnoli: imperative form of nolle; trans. as "don't"

10.quae: supply eam; here is fem. sing.; nec. . .sectare: and don't keep pursuingnot an infinitive, but an imperative sing. form of the deponent verb.

11.obstinata mente: Ablative Absolute.obdura: harden

14.nulla: not at all15.vae: interjection; "alas", "woe". 18.cui labella mordebis: "whose lips will you bite", Dative of Possession.

19.destinatus: resolutely