Catullus 33
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

Hendecasyllabic

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Literal English Translation Original Latin Line

Cleverest of all thieves at the baths,
father Vibennius and you his profligate son,
for the father has a dirtier right-hand,
but the son has a more voracious anus:
off with you into banishment and the dismal regions,
since the father's plunderings are known
to all the world, and, son, you cannot sell
your hairy bottom for an As.

Ō fūrum optime balneāriōrum
Vibennī pater, et cinaede fīlī,
(Nam dextrā pater inquinātiōre,
cūlō fīlius est vorāciōre)
cūr nōn exilium malāsque in ōrās
ītis, quandoquidem patris rapīnae
nōtae sunt populō, et natīs pilōsās,
fīlī, nōn potes asse vēnditāre?

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