With every one whisper: "I love you"

[fellmama]

I am in love.

He speaks Latin, he's rich, and he writes the most gorgeous poetry.

Only problem: he's been dead for two thousand years. That, and he's in love with a whore. But anyway.

It's so lovely in English; just imagine what it's like in Latin . . .

It was morning and I wanted to see if she was sleeping
  alone.  And Cynthia was alone in her bed.
I was amazed: she'd never seemed more beautiful,
  not even when she was dressed in purple
and went to tell her dreams to virgin Vesta
  so they wouldn't do any harm to her or to me.
And that's the way she looked, just stirring from sleep.
  O, the dazzling power of beauty just in itself.
"What are you some kind of morning girl watcher?" she said.
  "Do you think I have your ways?
I'm not so easy.  One lover will be enough for me--
  you or someone else who can be truer.
There are no traces that the bed's been crushed,
  no signs that two have squirmed about.
Look, no aroma rises from my whole body,
  signaling adultery."
That's what she said.  And fending off kisses with her right hand,
  without fastening her sandals, she lept onto her feet.
And so I, keeper of so sacred a love, have been made a fool of.
  Since then I haven't had a happy night.

I am so TIRED. I can't fall asleep until three, and then I have to get up at nine. It sucks so much. And if I go to bed early, I just lie there. Argh.

This is a wonderful song. Until Friday, I hadn't listened to this CD in years. I wonder why.

Off to do battle with the librarians over an imaginary fine.

Comments

[martaj.livejournal.com]

a. that is really pretty
b. its okay to be in love with dead people (I have a date with Chopin later tonight...mmmm Chopin....)
c. Library fines are like the suckiest things on earth because they are so small but SO irritating.

[fellmama.livejournal.com]

This particular fine was a $41 replacement fee . . . for a book I had turned in! It was sitting on the shelf! *shakes head in exasperation*

[harvestgollum.livejournal.com]

Man, one time I turned a DVD one day late.
That was 3 dollars.

Then they couldn't find it. For a few weeks.
It became 60 dollars.

Then, someone took it out of the library and never returned it. (which means they checked it out, as, you know, no one just leaves the dvds in their cases on the shelves)

Well, wouldn't you know it, I was expected to pay 90 dollars to replace it.

It was a 20 dollar DVD.

I didn't pay a single dime of all of this. I hope that makes you feel better :)

[fellmama.livejournal.com]

I pointed out that the book was sitting on the shelf, brought the nice man the book, and he removed the fine. And, glory be, because they had already declared it lost (after two damn weeks), I wasn't charged late fines. How very efficient.