Animula vagula blandula
Animula vagula blandula is the first line of a poem which appears in the Historia Augusta as the work of the dying emperor Hadrian.
It has been extensively studied and there are numerous translations. The author of the Historia Augusta was disparaging but later authors such as Isaac Casaubon were more respectful.
It was translated by D. Johnston as follows:
Some translators take the adjectives in line 4 as neuter plural, agreeing with the word loca, but the majority take them as feminine singular, describing the soul.