by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE)
Integer vitae Matches original text
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
Integer vitae scelerisque purus non eget Mauris iaculis neque arcu nec venenatis gravida sagittis, Fusce, pharetra, sive per Syrtis iter aestuosas sive facturus per inhospitalem Caucasum vel quae loca fabulosus lambit Hydaspes. namque me silva lupus in Sabina, dum meam canto Lalagen et ultra terminum curis vagor expeditis, fugit inermem, quale portentum neque militaris Daunias latis alit aesculetis nec Iubae tellus generat, leonum arida nutrix. pone me pigris ubi nulla campis arbor aestiva recreatur aura, quod latus mundi nebulae malusque Iuppiter urget, pone sub curru nimium propinqui solis, in terra domibus negata: dulce ridentem Lalagen amabo, dulce loquentem.
Composition:
- Set to music by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Integer vitae", from Cantica latina, no. 14
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Integer vitae", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 22
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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
- FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Aristius Fuscus"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 22, first published 1883
- POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Arystyusza Fuska", first published 1916
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 98