Marcus Tullius Cicero→Titus Pomponius Atticus|c. 58 BC|Cicero|From Rome|To Rome/Athens|AI-assisted
Would that I might see the day when I may give you thanks for having forced me to go on living! Up to now, at any rate, I bitterly regret it. But I beg you to come to me at once at Vibo [Vibo Valentia, in Bruttium], whither I have, for many reasons, turned the course of my journey. But if you come there, I shall be able to take counsel about my whole journey and flight. If you do not do this, I shall be surprised; but I am confident that you will do it.
Pray God that the day may come when I shall be able to thank you for
compelling me to go on living. At present I am heartily sorry for it.
Please come to me at once at Vibo. For several reasons I’ve made my way
thither. If you come, I shall be able to lay plans for my whole journey
in exile. If you do not, I shall be surprised: but I trust you will.
Vtinam illum diem videam cum tibi agam gratias quod me vivere coegisti! adhuc quidem valde me paenitet. sed te oro ut ad me Vibonem statim venias quo ego multis de causis converti iter meum. sed eo si veneris, de tota itinere ac fuga mea consilium capere potero. si id non feceris, mirabor; sed confido te esse facturum.
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Would that I might see the day when I may give you thanks for having forced me to go on living! Up to now, at any rate, I bitterly regret it. But I beg you to come to me at once at Vibo [Vibo Valentia, in Bruttium], whither I have, for many reasons, turned the course of my journey. But if you come there, I shall be able to take counsel about my whole journey and flight. If you do not do this, I shall be surprised; but I am confident that you will do it.
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Latin / Greek Original
Vtinam illum diem videam cum tibi agam gratias quod me vivere coegisti! adhuc quidem valde me paenitet. sed te oro ut ad me Vibonem statim venias quo ego multis de causis converti iter meum. sed eo si veneris, de tota itinere ac fuga mea consilium capere potero. si id non feceris, mirabor; sed confido te esse facturum.