Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale
Away with you, water, destruction of wine!
But you shall not escape my iambics.
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
I hate and I love, and who can tell me why?
My mind's sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn't like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.