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

Our translations: ENG SPA

Huc 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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Confirmed with H.V. Macnaghten and A.B. Ramsay, eds., Poems of Catullus, London: Duckworth & co., 1899, page 83.

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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Word count: 32

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

Language: English after the Latin

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