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Iucundum, mea vita, mihi proponis amorem hunc nostrum inter nos perpetuumque fore.1 di magni, facite ut vere promittere possit, atque id sincere dicat et ex animo, ut liceat nobis tota perducere vita aeternum hoc sanctae foedus amicitiae.1
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View text without footnotes1 Orff interpolates here the Italian words: "Dormi, dormi, dormi ancora"
Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 109 [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 , "Iucundum, mea vita", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 15 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[ACTUS II. VI]. Iucundum, mea vita", 1940-43, published 1943, from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © ; composed by Dominick Argento.
Other 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
Researcher for this page: Saúl Botero Restrepo
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 39
You tell me, O my life, that this love of ours will be delightful between us and everlasting.1 Great gods, grant that she can promise truly, and that she says it sincerely and from the heart, so that we are allowed to prolong for our whole life this eternal bond of blessed friendship.1
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"Iucundum, mea vita" = "You tell me, O my life"
"[ACTUS II. VI]. Iucundum, mea vita" = "[ACT II, VI]. You tell me, O my life"
Sleep, sleep, sleep on.
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- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2026 by Grant Hicks, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 109
This text was added to the website: 2026-08-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 55