by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Translation by Mario Rapisardi (1844 - 1912)
Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa
Language: Latin
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.
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Confirmed with The Poems of Gaius Valerius Catullus, London: G. Bell and Sons, 1912, page 74.
Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 58 [author's text checked 2 times 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):
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
Research team for this page: Grant Hicks [Guest Editor] , Saúl Botero Restrepo
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
Line count: 5
Word count: 26
La Lesbia, o Celio, la Lesbia, sai
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Latin
La Lesbia, o Celio, la Lesbia, sai,
Quella che unica, più di me stesso,
Più dei miei proprj parenti amai,
La nostra Lesbia, sì proprio quella,
Pe’ chiassi e i vicoli di Roma adesso
Di Remo gl’incliti nepoti spella.
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Text Authorship:
- by Mario Rapisardi (1844 - 1912), no title, first published 1889 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 58
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-03
Line count: 6
Word count: 39