24 Jun 2023

“Animula Vagula Blandula”

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Caesar Trajanus Hadrianus (24 January 76 A.D.– 10 July 138 A/D.).

According to the Historia Augusta, the Emperor Hadrian composed the following poem, speaking for all of us, in his last days, while dying of heart failure.

    Animula vagula blandula
    Hospes comesque corporis
    Quae nunc abibis in loca?
    Pallidula rigida nudula
    Nec ut soles dabis iocos

    Poor little, wandering, charming soul
    Guest and companion of my body,
    To what place will you go now?
    Pale, stiff, naked little thing,
    Nor then will you make jokes as usual.

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