Catullus

“ Alas, alas, you snatched away cruel poison
of our life, alas, alas plague of our friendship.
Rūfe, mihī frūstrā ac nēquīquam crēdite amīce
(frūstrā? immō magnō cum pretiō atque malō) ,
sīcine subrēpstī mī atque intestīna perūrēns. ”