Translation:Catullus 114

Literal English Translation Original Latin Line

With his estate not falsely is Mentula of Firmum said to be rich,
  which has everything in it of such excellence,
game preserves of every kind, fish, meadows, plowland and beasts.
  In vain: the yield is overcome by the expense.
Therefore I grant that he is rich, while everything is lacking.
  Let us praise the estate, while its owner is a needy man.

Firmanus saltu non falso Mentula diues
  fertur, qui tot res in se habet egregias,
aucupium omne genus, piscis, prata, arva ferasque.
  nequiquam: fructus sumptibus exsuperat.
quare concedo sit diues, dum omnia desint.
  saltum laudemus, dum modo ipse egeat.

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