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Seneca
Moral Letters to Lucilius Section 11
Section 1,693 of 2,141
Canonical reference 101.11
Latin
Perseus canonical Latin TEI
Debilem facito manu, debilem pede coxo, Tuber adstrue gibberum, lubricos quate dentes; Vita dum superest, benest; hanc mihi, vel acuta Si sedeam cruce, sustine.
French
Baillard 1914
Qu’on me rende manchot, cul-de-jatte, impotent ;
Sur ce corps que le mal déforme
Qu’il s’élève une bosse énorme ;
Que dans ma bouche branle une dernière dent ;
Si je respire encor, c’est bien, je suis content.
Même en croix, sur le pal, laissez, laissez-moi vivre.
English
Richard M. Gummere · Moral Letters to Lucilius
Fashion me with a palsied hand, Weak of foot, and a cripple; Build upon me a crook-backed hump; Shake my teeth till they rattle; All is well, if my life remains. Save, oh, save it, I pray you, Though I sit on the piercing cross!
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