Catullus 51

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Catullus 51
by Catullus


Literal English Translation Original Latin Line
That man seems equal to a god to me.
That man, if it is not profane, above the gods
He who sitting across from you
Repeatedly listens to you


laughing sweetly,Which destroys the
senses of wretched me
I have seen you, Lesbia, nothing remains for me
(of my voice in my mouth)


But my tongue becomes immobile,
A flame goes down my weak limbs,
My ears ring with their own sound,
Both my eyes are covered with darkness.


Leisure, Catullus, is trouble for you:
In leisure you gambol about and celebrate:
Leisure has destroyed kings before
And prosperous cities.

Ille mi par esse deo uidetur,
Ille, si fas est, superare diuos,
Qui sedens aduersus identidem te
          Spectat et audit

Dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,
Lesbia, adspexi, nihil est super mi
         (Vocis in ore)

Lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus
Flamma demanat, sonitu suopte
Tintinant aures, gemina teguntur
          Lumina nocte.

Otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:
Otio exsultas nimiumque gestis.
Otium et reges prius et beatas
          Perdidit urbes.

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edit AP Latin Syllabus
Vergil: Aeneid Book 1 (lines 1-519), Book 2 (lines 1-56, 199-297, 469-566, 735-804), Book 4 (lines 1-448, 642-705), Book 6 (lines 1-211, 450-476, 847-901), Book 10 (lines 420-509), Book 12 (lines 791-842, 887-952)
Catullus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (6), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, (21), 22, 30, 31, (34), 35, 36, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 60, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 96, 101, 109, 116.
Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta; De Amicitia 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; Pro Caelio 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80
Horace: Sermones 1.9; Odes 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.37, 1.38, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.14, 3.1, 3.9, 3.13, 3.30, 4.7
Ovid: Daphne and Apollo, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion; Amores 1.1, (1.2), 1.3, (1.4), (1.5), (1.6), (1.7), 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, (1.14), (1.15), 3.15
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