| A | B |
| sīve...penetrābit | whether he will enter |
| lītus ut...tunditur | as the shore is pounded |
| longē resonante Eōā...undā | by the far resounding Eastern wave |
| sīve quae...aequora | other [those] seas which |
| sīve...gradiētur | or he will walk |
| Caesaris vīsēns monimenta magnī | seeing the monuments of great Caesar |
| quaecumque feret voluntās caelitum | whatever the will of the gods will bring |
| temptāre simul parātī | having been prepared to try |
| nūntiāte meae puellae | announce to my girl |
| vīvat valeatque | may she live and may she thrive |
| cum suīs...moechīs | with her adulterers |
| quōs simul complexa | whom having embraced at the same time |
| tenet trecentōs | she holds three hundred |
| sed identidem...rumpēns | but repeatedly bursting |
| nec meum respectet...amōrem | and may she not look for my love |
| ut ante | as before |
| quī illius culpā cecidit | which fell by her fault |
| velut...flōs | just as a flower |
| prātī ultimī | of the farthest meadow |
| postquam tāctus...est | after it was touched |
| praetereunte...arātrō | by a passing plow |