Suspirium puellarum (He makes the girls moan! )

suspirium puellarum Celadus Tr

Celadus, el traci, fa sospirar a totes les mosses.

Lente impelle

LENTE IMPELLE
Empeny a poc a poc
(Graffito pompeià)


Push gently forward
(Graffito from Pompeii)
Empuja lentamente
(Graffito pompeyano)

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)