Young men, young women, nine old men.
The young men before the stage on the left,
the young women sit behind on the right,
the old men in the middle of the platform, above the stage.

Young men, young women
For all eternity 
I am yours,
O my life,
for all eternity!

Young men
You, my dear,
my dear little friend,
you are my sweetheart.

Young women
You are my sweetheart!

Young men
You are my sweetheart!

Young women
Sweetheart, sweetheart,
tell me, tell me,
do you love me?

Young men
O your eyes,
your bright little eyes,
gleam, reflecting
me like mirrors.

Young women
Mirrors, mirrors,
you are mirrors for me.

Young men
O those charming little
charming, charming little
lips of yours.

Young women
Beware, beware,
beware, all of you beware!

Young men
They are an enticement to the game.

Young women
Beware, beware,
beware, all of you beware!

Young men
O your little tongue,
tongue, tongue,
quite nimbly
darting about like a snake.

Young women
Beware, beware,
beware, all of you beware,
beware my snake,
it might bite you.

Young men
Bite me!

Young women
Kiss me!

Young men, young women
Ah!

Young men
O your breasts...

Young women
Breasts...

Young men, young women
...tender breasts,
sweetly swollen,
twin apples!
Ah! Ah!

Young men
My hand is eager,
O you erect nipples!
My hand is eager
to grab them, grab firmly.

Young women
Gently, gently, gently.

Young men, young women
Ah!

Young women
O your phallus,
phallus, phallus...

Young men
Phallus...

Young women
Lustfully leaping
phallus, little phallus,
like a little fish,
that longs for 
your little fountain.
Ah!

Young women
My hand is eager,
phallus, little phallus, yearning, yearning!
My hand is eager
to grasp it.

Young men
With your wanton little hand!
How fortunate I am!
You are Venus,
you are Venus!

Young women
How fortunate I am!!

Young men
In you
in you
in you dwell
all joys,
all charms,
all pleasure.
In you
in you
in your embrace
in your wide embrace
is all
is all
my life.

Young women
How fortunate I am!

Young men, young women
For all eternity!

Old men
"For all eternity,
for all eternity!"
What a laughable thing!
Boundless stupidity.
Nothing can last forever.
When the sun has shone well,
it is returned to the ocean;
the moon wanes,
when it was only now full;
the ferocity of passion
often becomes a gentle breeze.
Time, time,
time is not the bedchamber of love,
Once the lamp is carried off 
there is no loyalty,
all things are treacherous.
O you dullards, you idiots, you brutes!

Old man
Lantern-bearer, hold the ladder!

Old men
Hear, hear,
hear and see:
The songs of Catullus.

Young men, young women
Let us hear!