Iam uer egelidos refert tepores,
Iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
Iucundis Zephyri silescit auris.
Linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi
Nicaeaeque ager uber aestuosae:
Ad claras Asiae uolemus urbes.
Iam mens praetrepidans auet uagari,
Iam laeti studio pedes uigescunt.
O dulces comitum valete coetus,
Longe quos simul a domo profectos
Diuersae uarie uiae reportant.

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Version with alternate spelling (as used by Cooman):

Iam ver egelidos refert tepores,
iam caeli furor aequinoctialis
iocundis Zephyri silescit aureis.
Linquantur Phrygii, Catulle, campi
Nicaeque ager uber aestuosae:
ad claras Asiae volemus urbes.
Iam mens praetrepidans avet vagari,
iam laeti studio pedes vigescunt.
O dulces comitum valete coetus,
longe quos simul a domo profectus
diversae variae viae reportant.

Text Authorship:

• by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 46 [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 Carson P. Cooman , "Iam ver egelidos", op. 120 no. 1 (1999), from Two Catullus Songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Michael Linton , "Iam ver egelidos refert tepores", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, first published 1889

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-26
Line count: 11
Word count: 51