Quaenam tē mala mēns, miselle Raude,
agit praecipitem in meōs iambōs?
Quis deus tibi nōn bene advocātus
vēcordem parat excitāre rixam?
An ut perveniās in ōra vulgī? 5
Quid vīs? Quālubet esse nōtus optās?
Eris, quandoquidem meōs amōrēs
cum longā voluistī amāre poenā.
vocabulary
quisnam (quīnam) quaenam quidnam: pron. & adj., who/what, tell me?, who/what, finally
misellus –a –um: poor little; wretchedly in love (dim. of miser)
Rāvidus –ī m.: cognomen of a rival of Catullus
praeceps praecipitis: plunging headfirst; headlong; sudden
iambus iambī m.: an iamb or iambic verse; (pl.) invective verse, esp. that written in iambic meter
advocō advocāre advocāvī advocātus: call upon, summon
vēcors –cordis: demented
excitō excitāre excitāvī excitātus: rouse, wake; stir up, arouse, excite
rixa –ae f.: quarrel, brawl
quālubet: by any means at all; somehow or other 6
quandōquidem: rel. since