No woman can | No woman can say that she's been so loved

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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere...

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG SPA

Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam
    Vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea es:
Nulla fides ullo fuit umquam in foedere tanta
    Quanta in amore tuo ex parte reperta mea est.

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Text Authorship:

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 87 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Michael Linton , "Nulla potest mulier", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[XII]. Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam ", 1940-43, published 1943, from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 13
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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "No woman can", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
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No woman can

Language: English after the Latin

No woman can say that she's been so loved,
  Truly, as I have loved you, Lesbia:
Never has such fidelity been found in any contract
  As in the love that I bear for you.

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a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 87
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This text was added to the website: 2025-07-16
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Word count: 35