Petronius Arbiter remembers a night
Qualis nox fuit illa, di deaeque,
quam mollis torus. haesimus calentes
et transfudimus hinc et hinc labellis
errantes animas. valete, curae
mortales.
What a night that was, ye gods and goddesses.
How soft her breast. Burning we clung together,
pouring our breath into each other through lips
that wandered here and here. Farewell cares of
mortals.