by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Translation © by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019)
Salve, nec minimo puella naso
Language: Latin
Salve, nec minimo puella naso nec bello pede nec nigris ocellis nec longis digitis nec ore sicco nec sane nimis elegante lingua, decoctoris amica Formiani. ten provincia narrat esse bellam? tecum Lesbia nostra comparatur? o saeclum insapiens et infacetum!
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- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 43
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
Language: English after the Latin
Greetings, miss, with nose not small [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), no title, 1981 [ mixed chorus and percussion ], from I Hate and I Love (Odi et Amo), no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 43
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This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 48