Num te leaena montibus Libystinis Aut Scylla latrans infima inguinum parte Tam mente dura procreauit ac taetra, Ut supplicis vocem in novissimo casu Contemptam haberes, ah nimis fero corde?
Num te leaena
Set by Michael Linton , "Num te leaena", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 13
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Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), appears in Carmina, no. 60
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator][Huc]1 est mens deducta tua, mea Lesbia, culpa,
Atque ita se officio perdidit ipsa suo,
Ut iam nec bene uelle queat tibi, si optima fias,
Nec desistere amare, omnia si facias.
Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 75
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Confirmed with H.V. Macnaghten and A.B. Ramsay, eds., Poems of Catullus, London: Duckworth & co., 1899, page 83.
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Author(s): Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)