quarta-feira, 16 de novembro de 2011

Antinous


Animula vagula blandula
hospes comesque corporis
quae nunc abibis in loca
pallidula rigida nudula
nec ut soles dabis iocos

(Vagrant soul, you tender one,
guest and fellow of the body,
Now you have to descend into places
pallid and rigid and nude,
Nor will you be playful as you used to be.)

Hadrian died on the 10th of July, 138, a few days after he had written these lines in Latin.

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