Celio, nuestra Lesbia, aquella Lesbia

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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation © by Saúl Botero Restrepo

Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa

Language: Latin

Our translations: SPA

Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa.
illa Lesbia, quam Catullus unam
plus quam se atque suos amavit omnes,
nunc in quadriviis et angiportis
glubit magnanimi Remi nepotes.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Orff

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Text Authorship:

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 58 [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 Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[IV]. Caeli, Lesbia nostra", 1940-43, published 1943 [ solo voice, chorus, and orchestra ], from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, first published 1889
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Saúl Botero Restrepo

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
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Word count: 26

Celio, nuestra Lesbia, aquella Lesbia

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Latin

Celio, nuestra Lesbia, aquella Lesbia, 
la misma Lesbia que Catulo
amó más que a sí mismo y a los suyos, 
ahora en plazuelas y callejones 
complace a los descendientes del gran Remo.

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a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 58
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-08
Line count: 5
Word count: 32