Quintus Aurelius Symmachus → Campania
Tradução moderna em inglês
You've been free of public duties for some time -- you should have returned in person rather than soothing your friends' longing with letters. If your health is fine, what reason is left for lingering in Campania? Are you deliberately depriving those who love you most of your company?
Think of the city and think of us. While summer's good weather lasts, get moving and let your long-awaited return make up for the damage of this absence. Farewell.
Texto latino / grego
lamdudnm curis publicis absolutus relegere iter potius qnam auspiciis litterarura lenire amicorum desideria debuisti. nam si tibi valetudo ex sententia suppetit, qnid causae esse dicam , quod diu in Campania demoraris ? an ut nos amantissimos tui 5 diu defraudes tis bonis, quae in te solemus amplecti? quin immo nrbis nostrique reminiscere, et dum oportunitas aestatis invitat, iter festinus usurpa, ut longa ab- sentiae tuae damna tandem optato reditu sarciantur. vale. XXXXI.