Penelope Ulixi
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Translation from Poetry in Translation
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English
Haec tua Penelope lento tibi mittit , Ulixe
nil mihi rescribas attinet : ipse veni !
Troia iacet certe , Danais invisa puellis ;
vix Priamus tanti totaque Troia fuit .
o utinam tum , cum Lacedaemona classe petebat ,
obrutus insanis esset adulter aquis !
non ego deserto iacuissem frigida lecto ,
nec quererer tardos ire relicta dies ;
nec mihi quaerenti spatiosam fallere noctem
lassaret viduas pendula tela manus .
nil mihi rescribas attinet : ipse veni !
Troia iacet certe , Danais invisa puellis ;
vix Priamus tanti totaque Troia fuit .
o utinam tum , cum Lacedaemona classe petebat ,
obrutus insanis esset adulter aquis !
non ego deserto iacuissem frigida lecto ,
nec quererer tardos ire relicta dies ;
nec mihi quaerenti spatiosam fallere noctem
lassaret viduas pendula tela manus .
Your
Penelope
sends
you
this
,
Ulysses
,
the
so-long-delayed
.
Don’t reply to me however : come yourself .
Troy lies in ruins , an enemy , indeed , to the girls of Greece -
Priam , and all of Troy , were scarcely worth this !
O I wish , at that time when he sought Sparta with his fleet ,
Paris , the adulterer , had been whelmed beneath angry seas !
I would not have lain here , cold in an empty bed ,
nor be left behind , to complain , at suffering long days ,
nor my hand , bereft , exhaust me , working all night long
to cause deception , with my doubtful web .
Don’t reply to me however : come yourself .
Troy lies in ruins , an enemy , indeed , to the girls of Greece -
Priam , and all of Troy , were scarcely worth this !
O I wish , at that time when he sought Sparta with his fleet ,
Paris , the adulterer , had been whelmed beneath angry seas !
I would not have lain here , cold in an empty bed ,
nor be left behind , to complain , at suffering long days ,
nor my hand , bereft , exhaust me , working all night long
to cause deception , with my doubtful web .