But you shall not escape my iambics.
What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
To whom do I give my new elegant little book? Cui dono lepidum novum libellum?
It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
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