Ninguna mujer puede decir que ha sido amada

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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation © by Saúl Botero Restrepo

[XII]. Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam

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Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG SPA

Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam
    Vere, quantum a me Lesbia amata mea'st:
Nulla fides ullo fuit umquam in foedere tanta
    Quanta in amore tuo ex parte reperta mea est.

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Carl Orff

Catulli Carmina

Text Authorship:

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 87

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ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "No woman can", copyright © 2025, (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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Ninguna mujer puede decir que ha sido...

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Language: Spanish (Español) after the Latin

Ninguna mujer puede decir que ha sido amada 
tan sinceramente como Lesbia por mí. 
Ningún pacto de amor fue jamás 
respetado con tanta fidelidad como yo, por mi parte.

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