§2.15.1Anule, formosae digitum vincture puellae, §2.15.2In quo censendum nil nisi dantis amor, §2.15.3Munus eas gratum! te laeta mente receptum
O ring, about to encircle the finger of a beautiful girl, in which nothing is to be valued except the love of the giver, go as a welcome gift!
§2.15.4Protinus articulis induat illa suis; §2.15.5Tam bene convenias, quam mecum convenit illi, §2.15.6Et digitum iusto commodus orbe teras!
May she, having received you with a joyful mind, immediately slip you onto her fingers; may you fit as well as she and I agree together, and comfortingly touch her finger with your perfect circle!
Fortunate ring, you will be handled by my mistress; now I, wretched, envy my own gift.
Oh, would that I could suddenly become my own gift, by the arts of the Aeaean witch or the Carpathian old man!
§2.15.11Tunc ego, cum cupiam dominae tetigisse papillas §2.15.12Et laevam tunicis inseruisse manum, §2.15.13Elabar digito quamvis angustus et haerens, §2.15.14Inque sinum mira laxus ab arte cadam.
Then I, when I desire to touch my mistress's breasts and to slip my left hand inside her tunic, would slip from her finger, however tight and clinging, and by a wondrous art, becoming loose, fall into her bosom.
§2.15.15Idem ego, ut arcanas possim signare tabellas, §2.15.16Neve tenax ceram siccaque gemma trahat, §2.15.17Umida formosae tangam prius ora puellae — §2.15.18Tantum ne signem scripta dolenda mihi.
I, the same, so that I might seal her secret tablets, and lest the dry and sticky gem tear away the wax, would first touch the moist lips of the beautiful girl— provided only that I do not seal writings that will bring me grief.
Though there be an effort to store me in a casket: I will refuse to leave, tightening around your fingers with a smaller band.
§2.15.21Non ego dedecori tibi sum, mea vita, futurus, §2.15.22Quodve tener digitus ferre recuset, onus.
I shall not be a disgrace to you, my life, nor a burden which your tender finger would refuse to bear.
§2.15.23Me gere, cum calidis perfundes imbribus artus, §2.15.24Damnaque sub gemmam fer pereuntis aquae — §2.15.25Sed, puto, te nuda mea membra libidine surgent, §2.15.26Et peragam partes anulus ille viri.
Wear me when you bathe your limbs with warm water, and bear the damage of water getting under the gem— But, I think, at the sight of you naked my limbs will rise with desire, and I, that very ring, will perform the parts of a man.