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Translation:Catullus 52

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Catullus 52
by Catullus, translated from Latin by Wikisource

Choliambic.

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What is it, Catullus? Why do you delay dying?
Nonius Tumorus sits in the curule chair,
Vatinius lies his way through the consulship:
What is it, Catullus? Why do you delay dying?

Quid est, Catulle? quid morāris ēmorī?
Sellā in curūlī strūma Nōnius sedet,
Per cōnsulātum pēierat Vatīnius:
Quid est, Catulle? quid morāris ēmorī?

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