Catullus LI
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Catullus LI
Catullus LI
Ille mi par esse Deo uidetur ,
ille , si fas est , superare Diuos ,
qui sedens aduersus identidem te
spectat et audit
Dulce ridentum , misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi . Nam simul te ,
Lesbia , aspexi , nihil est super mi
( Uocis in ore , )
Lingua see torpet , tenuis sub artus
Flamma damanat , 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 .
ille , si fas est , superare Diuos ,
qui sedens aduersus identidem te
spectat et audit
Dulce ridentum , misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi . Nam simul te ,
Lesbia , aspexi , nihil est super mi
( Uocis in ore , )
Lingua see torpet , tenuis sub artus
Flamma damanat , 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 .
that
man
is
seen
by
me
as
a
God’s
equal
Or ( if it may be said ) the Gods’ superior ,
Who sitting opposite again and agains
Watches and hears you
Sweetly laughing—which dispossesses poor me
Of all my senses , for no sooner , Lesbia
do I look at you than there’s no power left me
( Of speech in my mouth )
But my tongue’s paralyzed , invisible flame
Courses down through my limbs , with din of their own
My ears are ringing and twin darkness covers
The light of my eyes .
Leisure , Catullus , does not agree with you
At leisure you’re restless =m too excitable .
Leisure in the past has ruined rulers and
Prosperous cities .
Or ( if it may be said ) the Gods’ superior ,
Who sitting opposite again and agains
Watches and hears you
Sweetly laughing—which dispossesses poor me
Of all my senses , for no sooner , Lesbia
do I look at you than there’s no power left me
( Of speech in my mouth )
But my tongue’s paralyzed , invisible flame
Courses down through my limbs , with din of their own
My ears are ringing and twin darkness covers
The light of my eyes .
Leisure , Catullus , does not agree with you
At leisure you’re restless =m too excitable .
Leisure in the past has ruined rulers and
Prosperous cities .