Wednesday, February 09, 2022

 

Let Drinking Be the Order of the Day

Tibullus 2.1.27-30 (tr. J.P. Postgate):
Now from the old bin bring me out the smoked Falernians and loose the bands of the Chian jar. Let drinking be the order of the day. Now we keep holiday, and to be tipsy is no shame, nor to carry ill our unsteady feet.

nunc mihi fumosos veteris proferte Falernos
    consulis et Chio solvite vincla cado.
vina diem celebrent; non festa luce madere
    est rubor, errantes et male ferre pedes.
Paul Murgatroyd ad loc.:

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 2:53 PM


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