O my darling, delight, playmate, love, joy

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by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Delicium, blanditiae, ludus, amor,...

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Delicium, blanditiae, ludus, amor, voluptas,
barbara, sed quae Latias vincis alumna pupas,
Bissula, nomen tenerae rusticulum puellae,
horridulum non solitis, sed domino venustum.

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Confirmed with Ausonius I, Loeb Classical Library 96, London: William Heinemann, 1919, Page 220.

Text Authorship:

by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4), "De eadem Bissula" [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 Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Bissula", from Cantica latina, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 23

O my darling, delight, playmate, love,...

Language: English after the Latin

O my darling, delight, playmate, love, joy,
raised a barbarian yet surpassing the Latin girls,
Bissula, a rustic-sounding name for a delicate girl,
rather uncouth to those unaccustomed to it, but to your master beautiful.

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Translations of titles:
"Bissula" = "Bissula"
"De eadem Bissula" = "On the same Bissula"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4), "De eadem Bissula"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 35