Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris. nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
I hate and I love. Perhaps you ask why I do it?
I don't know, but I feel it happening and am tortured.
LXXXV
Variant translations:
I hate and I love. You ask me to explain, perhaps.
I don’t know. But I feel it happen and the pain is dreadful.
I hate and I love: why I do so you may well ask.
I do not know, but I feel it happen and am in agony.
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Odi, amo, quare, faciam, fortasse, requiris, nescio, fieri, sentio