1.1 In in domō house Tiberiī of Tiberius Gracchī Gracchus duō two servī slaves adulēscentēs young habitābant lived quī who in in culīnā kitchen simul together labōrābant worked
1.2 Marcus Marcus Thrāx Thracian septemdecim seventeen annōs years nātus born fortis strong puer boy erat was quī who cibōs foods cotīdiē daily ad to mēnsam table portābat carried
1.3 Lydia Lydia Graeca Greek pulchra beautiful sēdecim sixteen annōs years nāta born dominam mistress Corneliam Cornelia uxōrem wife Gracchī of Gracchus cotīdiē daily vestīmentīs with clothes ōrnābat adorned
1.4 Prīmum first ōlim once oculōs eyes coniunxērunt they joined cum when in in ātriō atrium forte by chance occurrērunt they met et and statim immediately amor love in in cordibus hearts eōrum their nātus born est is
1.5 Marcus Marcus saepe often pōma fruits ex from hortō garden clam secretly carpēbat picked et and Lydiae to Lydia dōnābat gave cum when nēmō no one spectābat was watching
1.6 Lydia Lydia autem however carmina songs Graeca Greek pulchra beautiful Marcō to Marcus canēbat sang dum while simul together in in hortō garden nocte at night sedēbant they sat
1.7 Per throughout aestātem summer calidam hot amor love eōrum their flōrēbat flourished et and saepe often manūs hands tenēbant they held post behind columnās columns peristylī of peristyle absconditī hidden
1.8 Āttalus Attalus vīlicus overseer crūdēlis cruel tamen however suspicārī to suspect coepit began et and amantēs lovers diligenter diligently observābat was watching
1.9 Ūnō on one diē day Tiberius Tiberius Gracchus Gracchus īrātus angry in into vīllam villa revēnit returned atque and servum slave novum new emit bought ut so that Marcum Marcus substitueret he might replace
1.10 Bellum war enim for in in Hispāniā Spain gerebātur was being waged et and multī many servī slaves validī strong ad to castra camps mittēbantur were being sent ut so that militibus for soldiers servīrent they might serve
1.11 Cum when Marcus Marcus hanc this rem matter cognōvit learned ad to Lydiam Lydia festīnāvit hurried et and lacrimāns crying trīste sad nūntium news explicāvit explained
1.12 Illa she nocte night in in hortō garden sub under lūnā moon plēnā full ultimum last colloquium conversation habēbant they were having et and fidem faith aeternam eternal iūrāvērunt they swore
1.13 Marcus Marcus ē from tunicā tunic parvum small annulum ring aēneum bronze prōmpsit produced quem which ipse himself fēcerat had made et and digitō on finger Lydiae of Lydia imposuit placed
1.14 "Quandō whenever hunc this annulum ring spectābis" you will look at inquit said "mementō remember mē me semper always tē you amāre to love quocumque wherever in in terrā land erō" I will be
1.15 Māne in morning sequentī following cum when prīma first lūx light oriēbātur was rising mercātōrēs merchants servōrum of slaves advēnērunt arrived et and Marcum Marcus cum with aliīs others catēnīs with chains vīnctum bound abdūxērunt led away
1.16 Lydia Lydia ē from fenestrā window culīnae of kitchen spectābat was watching dum while amātus beloved suus her per through viam road Appiam Appian in into futūram future servitūtem slavery abdūcebātur was being led away
1.17 Post after discessum departure Marcī of Marcus Lydia Lydia in into maestitiam sadness gravem heavy incidit fell et and cibum food recūsābat refused quamquam although Cornelia Cornelia domina mistress benigna kind eam her cōnsolārī to console temptābat was trying
1.18 Duōs two post after mēnsēs months Lydia Lydia febrim fever gravem severe contraxit contracted et and medicī doctors nihil nothing facere to do poterant were able ut so that eam her servārent they might save
1.19 Ultimīs in last verbīs words suīs her nōmen name Marcī of Marcus susurrāvit whispered et and annulum ring aēneum bronze osculāta having kissed est is antequam before anima breath eius her aufugit fled
1.20 Cornelia Cornelia maestitiam sadness puellae of girl intellēxerat had understood et and corpus body eius her sub under arbore tree in in hortō garden ubi where amantēs lovers saepe often convēnerant had met sepeliendum to be buried cūrāvit took care
1.1 In domō Tiberiī Gracchī duō servī adulēscentēs habitābant quī in culīnā simul labōrābant.
1.2 Marcus Thrāx septemdecim annōs nātus fortis puer erat quī cibōs cotīdiē ad mēnsam portābat.
1.3 Lydia Graeca pulchra sēdecim annōs nāta dominam Corneliam uxōrem Gracchī cotīdiē vestīmentīs ōrnābat.
1.4 Prīmum ōlim oculōs coniunxērunt cum in ātriō forte occurrērunt et statim amor in cordibus eōrum nātus est.
1.5 Marcus saepe pōma ex hortō clam carpēbat et Lydiae dōnābat cum nēmō spectābat.
1.6 Lydia autem carmina Graeca pulchra Marcō canēbat dum simul in hortō nocte sedēbant.
1.7 Per aestātem calidam amor eōrum flōrēbat et saepe manūs tenēbant post columnās peristylī absconditī.
1.8 Āttalus vīlicus crūdēlis tamen suspicārī coepit et amantēs diligenter observābat.
1.9 Ūnō diē Tiberius Gracchus īrātus in vīllam revēnit atque servum novum emit ut Marcum substitueret.
1.10 Bellum enim in Hispāniā gerebātur et multī servī validī ad castra mittēbantur ut militibus servīrent.
1.11 Cum Marcus hanc rem cognōvit ad Lydiam festīnāvit et lacrimāns trīste nūntium explicāvit.
1.12 Illa nocte in hortō sub lūnā plēnā ultimum colloquium habēbant et fidem aeternam iūrāvērunt.
1.13 Marcus ē tunicā parvum annulum aēneum prōmpsit quem ipse fēcerat et digitō Lydiae imposuit.
1.14 "Quandō hunc annulum spectābis," inquit, "mementō mē semper tē amāre quocumque in terrā erō."
1.15 Māne sequentī cum prīma lūx oriēbātur mercātōrēs servōrum advēnērunt et Marcum cum aliīs catēnīs vīnctum abdūxērunt.
1.16 Lydia ē fenestrā culīnae spectābat dum amātus suus per viam Appiam in futūram servitūtem abdūcebātur.
1.17 Post discessum Marcī Lydia in maestitiam gravem incidit et cibum recūsābat quamquam Cornelia domina benigna eam cōnsolārī temptābat.
1.18 Duōs post mēnsēs Lydia febrim gravem contraxit et medicī nihil facere poterant ut eam servārent.
1.19 Ultimīs verbīs suīs nōmen Marcī susurrāvit et annulum aēneum osculāta est antequam anima eius aufugit.
1.20 Cornelia maestitiam puellae intellēxerat et corpus eius sub arbore in hortō ubi amantēs saepe convēnerant sepeliendum cūrāvit.
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