The Mortal Instruments Google Keep Book Notes

Ave atque Vale by Gaius Valerius Catullus (March 5, 2016)

Multās per gentēs et multa per aequora vectus
adveniō hās miserās, frāter, ad īnferiās,
ut tē postrēmō dōnārem mūnere mortis
et mūtam nēquīquam alloquerer cinerem.
Quandoquidem fōrtūna mihi tētē abstulit ipsum.
Heu miser indignē frāter adēmpte mihi,
nunc tamen interea haec, prīscō quae mōre parentum
trādita sunt trīstī mūnere ad īnferiās,
accipe frāternō multum mānantia flētū,
atque in perpetuum, frāter, avē atque valē.

Through many Countries and over many seas
I have come, Brother, to thes melancholy rites,
to show this final honor to the dead,
and speak (to what purpose?) To your silent ashes,
since now fate takes you, in your home, from me.
Oh, Brother, ripped away from me so cruelly,
now at least take thes last offerings, blessed
by the tradition of our parents, gifts to the dead.
Accept, by custom, what a brother's tears drown,
and, for eternity, Brother, 'Hail and Farewell'.

Carpe diem (March 7, 2016)
Used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future.