[Huc]1 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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¹ Orff: "Nunc"

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• 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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• by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[XII]. Nulla potest mulier tantum se dicere amatam ", 1940-43, published 1943, from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 13
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• by Michael Linton , "Num te leaena", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 13
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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Lafaye (1854 - 1927) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.
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• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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