Mellītōs oculōs tuōs, Iuventī,
sī quis mē sinat usque bāsiāre,
usque ad mīlia bāsiem trecenta
nec numquam videar satur futūrus,
nōn sī dēnsior āridīs aristīs 5
sit nostrae seges ōsculātiōnis.
vocabulary
mellītus –a –um: honey-sweet
Iuventius –iī m.: Juventius, a Roman nomen gentile
bāsiō bāsiāre bāsiāvī bāsiātus: kiss
trecentī –ae –a; trecentēsimus –a –um: three hundred
satur –a –um: well-fed; full
dēnsus –a –um: dense, closely packed 5
āridus –a –um: dry
arista –ae f.: an ear of grain
seges –etis f.: a field or crop of standing grain
osculātiō –ōnis f.: the action of kissing