Thesauros Literature elegy Amores

Amores

Amores Ovid 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D

Şiir 6

 
Thy course, thy noble course a while forbear,
 
I am in haste now going to my dear!
 
Thy banks how rich, thy stream how worthy praise
 
Alas, my haste ! sweet river, let me pass.
 
No bridges here, no ferry, not an oar, 5
 
Or rope to haul me to the farther shore !
 
I have remember'd thee a little one,
 
Who now with all this flood com'st blund'ring down.
 
Did I refuse my sleep, my wine, my friend,
 
To spur along, and must I here attend ? 10
 
No art to help me to my journey's end!
 
Ye Lapland powers, make me so far a witch,
 
I may astride get over on a switch.
 
Or, for some griffin, or that flying horse,
 
Or any monster to assist my course; 15
 
I wish his art that mounted to the moon,
 
In shorter journey would my job be done.
 
Why rave I for what crack-brain'd bards devise,
 
Or name their lewd unconscionable lies ?
 
Good river, let me find thy courtesy, 20
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