Lesbia

032 - Lesbia
by Saleh Badrah

(In imitation of Catullus: Poem 87)

Oh this age! How tasteless and ill-bred it is!
~ Catullus (87-54 B.C.)

No honest woman, Lesbia, can
In truth declare that any man
Has ever loved her as I've loved you.

No man has ever been more true
To a woman he had sworn to love
Than I have been, my love, to you.

Published in the Saudi Gazette, Wednesday, 14 July 1999
Copyright © Saleh Badrah