§349dum rursum haud placet nec pater potis videtur §350induci ut putet matri ancillam emptam esse illam.
Charinus: While, on the other hand, it does not please me, nor does my father seem able to be induced to think that she was bought for my mother.
Now, if I speak as the matter is and declare that I bought her for myself, how would he judge me?
§353atque illam abstrahat, trans mare hinc venum asportet;
And he would drag her away, and carry her off from here across the sea to be sold.
§354_355scio saevos quam sit, domo doctus.
I know how harsh he is, having learned it at home.
igitur §356hócine est amare? arare mavelim, quam sic amare.
Therefore, is this what it is to love? I would rather plow than love like this.
Once before he drove me from home from him against my will, and ordered me to go trading; there I found this trouble.
§359úbi voluptatem aegritudo vincat, quid ibi inest amoeni?
Where sickness overcomes pleasure, what sweetness is there in that?
§360nequíquam abdidi, abscondidi, abstrusam habebam: §361muscast meus pater, nil potest clam illum haberi,
In vain I hid her, concealed her, kept her secret: my father is a fly, nothing can be kept secret from him.
§362néc sacrum nec tam profanum quicquam est, quin ibi ilico adsit.
Nor is there anything so sacred or so profane but that he is there on the spot.
§363nec, qui rebus meis confidam mi ulla spes in corde certast.
Nor is there any certain hope in my heart that I can trust in my affairs.
§364Quíd illuc est quod solus secum fabulatur filius?
Demipho: What is that which my son is talking about to himself alone?
§365sollicitus mihí nescio qua re videtur.
He seems to me to be anxious about I know not what.
§365bAttatae,
Charinus: Ah!
§366meus patér hic quidem est quem video.
Indeed, this is my father whom I see.
ibo, adloquar.
I will go and speak to him.
quid fit, pater?
How are you, father?
§367Vnde incedis, quid festinas, gnate mi?
Demipho: Where do you come from, why are you in a hurry, my son?
§367bRecte, pater.
Charinus: All is well, father.
§368Ita volo, sed istúc quid est, tibi quod commutatust color?
Demipho: I wish so, but what is that, that your color is changed?
§369numquid tibi dolet?
Does anything hurt you?
§369bNescio quid meo animost aegre, pater.
Charinus: I feel somewhat uneasy in my mind, father.
§370poste hac nocte non quievi satis mea ex sententia.
Since last night I have not rested enough to my satisfaction.
§373ergo edepol palles.
Demipho: Therefore, by Pollux, you are pale.
si sapias, eas ac decumbas domi.
If you are wise, you would go and lie down at home.
§374Otium non est: mandatis rebus praevorti volo.
Charinus: I have no leisure: I want to attend to the business entrusted to me first.
§375Cras agito, perendie agito.
Demipho: Do it tomorrow, do it the day after tomorrow.
§375bSaepe ex te audivi, pater: §376rei mandatae omnis sapientis primum praevorti decet. §377Age igitur;
Charinus: I have often heard from you, father: "It becomes all wise men to attend first to the business entrusted to them." Demipho: Come then; I do not want to oppose your opinion.
nolo advorsari tuam advorsum sententiam. §378Salvos sum, siquidem ísti dicto solida et perpetuast fides.
Charinus: I am safe, if indeed there is solid and lasting faith in that saying.
§379Quid illuc est quod ille á me solus se in consilium sevocat?
Demipho: What is that which he calls himself aside into counsel alone away from me?
§380nón vereor ne illam me amare hic potuerit resciscere; §381quippe haud etiam quicquam inepte feci, amantes ut solent.
Charinus: I am not afraid that he could have found out here that I love her; for indeed I have not yet done anything foolishly, as lovers are wont to do.
§382Res adhuc quidem hercle in tutost, nam hunc nescire sat scio §383de illa amica; quod si sciret, esset alia oratio.
The matter indeed is still in safety, by Hercules, for I know well enough that he does not know about that mistress; but if he knew, the talk would be different.
§384Quin ego hunc adgredior de illa?
Why do I not approach him about her?
§384bQuin ego hinc me amolior?
Demipho: Why do I not move away from here?
§385eo ego, ut quae mandata amicus amicis tradam.
Charinus: I am going, to deliver what was entrusted by a friend to friends.
Demipho: Nay, wait; I still want to ask a few things first.
§386bDic quid velis.
Charinus: Tell me what you want.
§387Vsquene valuisti?
Demipho: Have you been continually well?
§387bPerpetuo recte, dum quidem illic fui; §388verum in portum huc ut sum advectus, nescio qui animus mihi dolet.
Charinus: Constantly well, at least while I was there; but as soon as I was brought here into the harbor, somehow my mind hurts.
§389Nausea edepol factum credo; verum actutum abscesserit.
Demipho: By Pollux, I believe it was caused by seasickness; but it will pass away immediately.
§390sed quid ais? ecquam tu advexti tuae matri ancillam e Rhodo?
But what do you say? Did you bring any female slave from Rhodes for your mother?
§391Advexi.
Charinus: I brought one.
§391bQuid? ea ut videtur mulier?
Demipho: What? How does that woman seem?
§391cNon edepol mala.
Charinus: By Pollux, not bad.
§392Vt moratast?
Demipho: How is her character?
§392bNullam vidi melius mea sententia.
Charinus: In my opinion, I have seen none better.
§393Mihi quidem edepol visast, quom illam vidi.
Demipho: By Pollux, she seemed so to me too, when I saw her.
§393bEho an vidisti, pater?
Charinus: Eh? Have you seen her, father?
§394Vidi.
Demipho: I have.
verum non ex usu nostrost, neque adeo placet.
But she is not of use to us, nor does she please me so much.
§395Qui vero?
Charinus: Why indeed?
§395bQuia †non nostra formam habet dignam domo.
Demipho: Because she does not have a beauty worthy of our house.
§396nihil opust nobis ancilla nisi quae texat, quae molat, §397lignum caedat, pensum faciat, aedis verrat, vapulet, §398quaé habeat cottidianum familiae coctum cibum: §399horunc illa nihilum quicquam facere poterit.
We have no need for a female slave unless she weaves, grinds, cuts wood, does her task of spinning, sweeps the house, takes beatings, and who keeps the daily cooked food for the household; she will be able to do nothing of these things.
§399bAdmodum.
Charinus: Quite so.
§400ea causa equidem illam emi, dono quam darem matri meae.
Indeed, for that reason I bought her, that I might give her as a gift to my mother.
§401Ne duas, neve te advexisse dixeris.
Demipho: Do not give her, nor say that you brought her.
§401bDi me adiuvant.
Charinus: The gods are helping me.
§403Labefacto paulatim.
Demipho: I am shaking him by degrees.
verum quod praeterii dicere, §404neque illa matrem satis honeste tuam sequi poterit comes, §405neque sinam.
But what I passed over saying, neither will that woman be able to follow your mother as a companion with sufficient decency, nor will I allow it.
§405bQui vero?
Charinus: Why indeed?
§405cQuia illa forma matrem familias §406flagitium sit si sequatur; quando incedat per vias, §407contemplent, conspiciant omnes, nutent, nictent, sibilent, §408vellicent, vocent, molesti sint; occentent ostium: §409impleantur élegeorum meae fores carbonibus.
Demipho: Because with that beauty, for a mistress of the house, it would be a disgrace if she should follow her; when she walks through the streets, everyone would gaze, look, nod, wink, whistle, pinch, call out, be troublesome; sing offensive songs at the door: my doors would be filled with elegies written in charcoal.