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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  SPA
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus,
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis!
Soles occidere et redire possunt;
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda.
Da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
[dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,]1
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
Dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
aut ne quis malus invidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

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•   C. Orff 

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1 omitted by Orff.

Text Authorship:

  • by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Michael Linton , "Vivamus, mea Lesbia", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[II]. Vivamus mea Lesbia", 1940-43, published 1943 [ vocal duet with orchestra ], from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Henry Purcell.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Dominick Argento.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean-Antoine de Baïf (1532 - 1589) , no title [an adaptation] ; composed by Reynaldo Hahn.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Lafaye (1854 - 1927) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Brod (1884 - 1968) ; composed by Adolf Schreiber.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-19
Line count: 13
Word count: 67

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