Labora, aselle (Work, work, little donkey)

Labora, aselle, quomodo ego laboraui,
et proderit tibi.
Treballa, ase, treballa com jo he treballat, i en trauràs profit. (Graffito de la Domus Gelotiana; turó del Palatí, Roma)



Work, work, little donkey, as I have worked myself, and thou shalt be rewarded for it. (Graffito from the Domus Gelotiana; Palatine Hill, Rome)

[English translation from «Ancient Rome in the Light of Recent Discoveries» by Rodolfo Lanciani, 1898]


Trabaja, borriquito, trabaja como yo he trabajado, y te será de provecho. (Graffito de la Domus Gelotiana; colina del Palatino, Roma)