I write of youth, of love, and have access by these to sing of cleanly wantonness.

What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.

It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus

What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.

There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est

I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?