Two Catullus Songs

Iam uer egelidos refert tepores,
Iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
Iucundis Zephyri silescit auris.
Linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi
Nicaeaeque ager uber aestuosae:
Ad claras Asiae uolemus urbes.
Iam mens praetrepidans auet uagari,
Iam laeti studio pedes uigescunt.
O dulces comitum valete coetus,
Longe quos simul a domo profectos
Diuersae uarie uiae reportant.

Text Authorship:

• by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 46

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

• ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, first published 1889

Version with alternate spelling (as used by Cooman):

Iam ver egelidos refert tepores,
iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
iocundis Zephyri silescit aureis.
Linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi
Nicaeque ager uber aestuosae:
ad claras Asiae volemus urbes.
Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,
iam laeti studio pedes vigescunt.
O dulces comitum valete coetus,
longe quos simul a domo profectus
diversae variae viae reportant.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Odi et amo. Quare id faciam, 
  fortasse requiris?
Nescio, sed fieri 
  sentio et excrucior.

Text Authorship:

• by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 85

See other settings of this text.

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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]