Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla

Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla,
meae deliciae, mei lepores,
iube ad te veniam meridiatum.
Et si iusseris, illud adiuvato,
ne quis liminis obseret tabellam,

neu tibi lubeat foras abire,
sed domi maneas paresque nobis
novem continuas fututiones.
Verum si quid ages, statim iubeto:
nam pransus iaceo et satur supinus

pertundo tunicamque palliumque.

Translation(s): FRE SPA

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Authorship

• by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 32 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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• by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "IX. Amabo, mea dulcis Ipsitilla", 1940-43, published 1943, from the cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 10 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• FRE French (Français) (Charles Héguin de Guerle) , "À Ipsithilla", first published 1837
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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À Ipsithilla

Au nom de l’amour, douce Ipsithilla, 
mes délices, charme de ma vie, 
accorde-moi le rendez-vous que j’implore pour le milieu du jour. 
Y consens-tu ? une grâce encore ! 
que ta porte ne soit ouverte à personne ; 

surtout ne va pas t’aviser de sortir : 
reste au logis, et prépare-toi à voir 
se renouveler neuf fois de suite mes amoureux exploits. 
Mais, si tu dis oui, que ce soit à l’instant même ; 
car, étendu sur mon lit, après un bon dîner, je foule, 

brûlant de désirs, et ma tunique et ma couverture.

Submitted by Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Charles Héguin de Guerle , "À Ipsithilla", first published 1837 [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 32 SPA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Carl Orff. Go to the text.

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Text added to the website: 2019-05-01 00:00:00.

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