§144Quid paedagogus ille, qui citharistriam?
Davus: What about that tutor of his, the one of the music-girl?
§145Quid rei gerit?
How is he doing?
§145bSic tenuiter.
Geta: Just so-so.
§146bImmo nihil nisi spem meram.
Davus: Nay, nothing but mere hope.
§147Pater eius rediit an non. ?
Has his father returned or not?
§147bNondum.
Geta: Not yet.
§147cQuid? senem
Davus: What?
§148Quoad exspectatis vestrum?
How long do you expect your old man?
§148bNon certum scio; §149Sed epistolam ab eo allatam esse audivi modo, §150Et ad portitores csse delatam: hanc petam.
Geta: I don't know for certain; but I just heard that a letter from him was brought and delivered to the customs officers: I'm going to fetch it.
§151Numnquid, Geta, aliud me vis?
Davus: Is there anything else you want of me, Geta?
§151bUt bene sit tibi.
Geta: Only that you fare well.
§152Puer, hens.
Boy, hey!
Nemone huc prodit? Cape, da hoc Dorcio.
Does no one come out here? Take this, give it to Dorcium.
§153Adeon rem redisse ut qui mihi consultum optime velit esse, §154Phaedria, patrem ut extimescam, ubi in mentem eius adventi venit?
Antipho: Has it come to this, Phaedria, that I must dread my father, who wishes only the best for me, whenever the thought of his arrival comes into my mind?
§155Quod ni fuissem incogitans, ita eum exspectarem ut par fuit.
But if I had not been thoughtless, I should have been awaiting him as was proper.
§156Quid istuc est?
Phaedria: What is that?
§156bRogitas, qui tam audacis facinoris mihi conscius sis?
Antipho: Do you ask, you who are accomplice in so bold a deed?
§157Quod utinam ne Phormioni id suadere in mentem incidisset, §158Neu me cupidum eo impulisset, quod mihi principium est mali.
Would that it had never entered Phormio's mind to suggest this, nor urged me in my eagerness into it, which is the beginning of my misfortune.
§159Non potitus essem: fuisset tum illos mihi aegre aliquot dies: §160At non quotidiana cura haec angeret animum.
I should not have obtained her: then I would have had some painful days; but this daily anxiety would not be tormenting my mind.
§160bAudio.
Phaedria: I hear you.
§161Dum exspecto quam mox veniat qui adimat hanc mihi consuetudinem.
Antipho: While I am waiting how soon he will come who is to deprive me of this connection.
§162Aliis quia defit quod amant aegre est: tibi quia superest dolet.
Phaedria: Other men suffer because they lack what they love; you are pained because you have abundance.
§163Amore abundas, Antipho.
You abound in love, Antipho.
§164Nam tua quidem hercle certo vita haec expetenda optandaque est.
For, by Hercules, your life indeed is certainly to be sought and wished for.
§165Ita me Di bene ament ut mihi liceat tam diu quod amo frui; §166Iam depecisci morte cupio: tu coniicito caetera; §167Quid ego ex hac inopia nunc capiam, et quid tu ex hac copia; §168Ut ne addam quod sine sumtu ingenuam liberalem nactus es; §169Quod habes, ita ut voluisti, uxorem sine mala fama palam; §170Beatus ni unum hoc desit, animus qui modeste istaec ferat.
So may the Gods love me, that I might be allowed to enjoy what I love so long; I would already be willing to bargain for it with my death: you may guess the rest; what I now suffer from this want, and what you from this abundance; not to add that you have obtained a well-born and lady-like girl without expense; that you have her, just as you wished, as your wife, openly and without bad reputation; happy, if this one thing were not wanting, a mind to bear these things with moderation.
§171Et si tibi res sit cum eo lenone quocum mihi est, tum sentias.
And if you had to deal with that slave-dealer with whom I have, then you would feel it.
§172Ita plerique ingenio sumus omnes: nostri nosmet poenitet.
We are all generally of this character: we are dissatisfied with our own lot.
§173At tu mihi contra nunc videre fortunatus, Phaedria, §174Cui de integro est potestas etiam consulendi quid velis; §175Retinere, amare, amittere.
Antipho: But to me, on the contrary, Phaedria, you seem now fortunate, who have still the power from the beginning of deliberating on what you wish; whether to keep, to love, or to let her go.
Ego in eumn incidi infelix locum §176Ut neque mihi eius sit amittendi nec retinendi copia.
Unhappy that I am, I have fallen into such a position that I have no power either of letting her go or keeping her.
§177Sed quid hoc est? videone ego Getam currentem huc advenire?
But what is this? Do I see Geta running hither?
§178Is est ipsus: hei timeo miser quam hic nunc mihi nuntiet rem.
It is he himself: alas, unhappy that I am, I fear what news he may now bring me.
§179Nullus es, Geta, nisi iam aliquod tibi consilium celere repperis: §180Ita nunc imparatum subito tanta te impendent mala, §181Quae neque uti devitem scio, neque quo modo me inde extraham: §182Nam non potest celari nostra diutius iam audacia.
Geta: You are undone, Geta, unless you find some speedy counsel for yourself now: so suddenly do such great evils hang over you in your unprepared state, which I neither know how to avoid, nor in what way to extricate myself from them: for our boldness can no longer be concealed.
§183Quidnam ille commotus venit?
Antipho: Why on earth does he come in such agitation?
§184Tum temporis mihi punctum ad hanc rem est.
Geta: Now I have only a moment of time for this matter.
Herus adest.
The master is here.
§184bQuid istuc mali est?
Antipho: What misfortune is that?
§185Quod quum audierit, quod eius remedium inveniann iracundiae?
Geta: When he hears of this, what remedy shall I find for his anger?
§186Loquarne? incendam: taceam? instigem: purgem me? laterem lavem.
Shall I speak? I shall inflame him. Shall I be silent? I shall instigate him. Shall I clear myself? I might as well wash a brick.
§187Eheu me miserum: quum mihi paveo, tum Antipho me excruciat animi:
Alas, wretched me! While I fear for myself, Antipho tortures my mind.
§188Eius me miseret: ei nunc timeo: is nunc me retinet; nam absque eo esset, §189Recte ego mihi vidissem, et senis essem ultus iracundiam: §190Aliquid convasassem, atque hinc me protinam coniicerm in pedes.
I pity him: for him I now fear: he now detains me; for if it were not for him, I should have looked out well for myself, and have taken vengeance on the old man's anger: I should have packed up something, and immediately taken to my heels from here.
§191Quam hic fugam aut furtum parat?
Phaedria: What flight or theft is he preparing?
§192Sed ubi Antiphonem reperiam? aut qua quaerere insistam via?
Geta: But where shall I find Antipho? Or by what way shall I proceed to seek him?
§193Te nominat.
Phaedria: He names you.
§193bNescio quod magnum hoc nuntio exspecto malum.
Antipho: I expect some great misfortune from this news.
§195Revocemus hominem.
Phaedria: Let's call the man back.
§196Satis pro imperio, quisquis es.
Geta: Well, imperious enough, whoever you are.
§196bGeta.
Antipho: Geta.
§196cIpse est quem volui obviam.
Geta: It is the very man I wanted to meet.
§197Cedo quid portas, obsecro? atque id, si potes, verbo expedi.
Antipho: Tell me, pray, what do you bring? And dispatch it in a word, if you can.
§198Faciam.
Geta: I will.
§198bEloquere.
Antipho: Speak out.
Geta: Just now at the harbor— Antipho: My father?— Geta: You've understood.
§198fOccidi.
Antipho: I am ruined.
§198gHem.
Phaedria: Ah.
§199Quid agam?
Antipho: What shall I do?