Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus
c. 55 BC · Roman Republic · To his lover Lesbia
Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred, then another thousand, then a second hundred, then yet another thousand, then a hundred.
da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.Poem 5
In the same thread
Li Shangyin 李商隱
mid-9th century · Tang China
To meet is hard, and to part is hard too. The east wind has no strength and the hundred flowers wither. The spring silkworm spins its thread until it dies. The candle's tears dry only when it has turned to ash.
相見時難別亦難，東風無力百花殘。
春蠶到死絲方盡，蠟炬成灰淚始乾。"Untitled"
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