#catullus70

 Sed dicit mulier mea nubere malle 

The woman I love says that there’s no one whom she would rather marry

I'm gonna love you forever and ever

Latin Project - Catullus 70

In Catullus’ Carmen 70, he explains the words his lover has said to him and her promise to never leave his side.

“Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se Iuppiter ipse petat.”

“My woman says to me that there is none With whom she’d rather spend her days than I”

However, he goes on to say that women often lie, implying that should a better man come along, Lesbia might leave him.

“dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti,”

“So she says, but women often lie, What a woman says to a desirous lover,”

Similarly, in Rihanna’s song, Unfaithful, she talks about her own affair; telling her boyfriend that she loves him but even though “this is more than love //The reason that the sky is blue,” she still can’t be faithful to him because she is “happy with some other guy,”