It is your fault, my Lesbia, that my mind is reduced to this

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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Huc est mens deducta tua mea, Lesbia,...

Language: Latin

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[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.

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• C. Orff

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¹ Orff: "Nunc"

Text Authorship:

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 75 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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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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by Michael Linton , "Num te leaena", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 13
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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Lafaye (1854 - 1927) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.
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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

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It is your fault, my Lesbia, that my...

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It is your fault, my Lesbia, that my mind is [reduced to this]¹,
     And has so ruined itself by its own devotion,
That now it could neither wish you well, even if you became most worthy,
     Nor cease to love you, no matter what you might do

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• C. Orff

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¹ Orff: "now brought low"

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a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 75
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-10
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Word count: 49