(Chicago, Illinois USA)

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Catullus, Poem 85, Hate and Love*

I hate and I love,
You might ask, how do I explain it?

I do not know,
But I feel it happening and
It tears me apart.

Original in Latin

Odi et Amo,
Catullus, Carmen 85, Odi et Amo

Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.

Submitted: Wednesday, February 13, 2013

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*Original Translation, Stanley Pacion

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