Now Spring brings back its thawing warmth

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by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Translation © by Grant Hicks

Iam uer egelidos refert tepores

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

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

Now Spring brings back its thawing...

Language: English after the Latin

Now Spring brings back its thawing warmth,
Now the equinoctial raging of heaven
Grows quiet with Zephyr's pleasant breezes.
Let the Phrygian plains be left behind, Catullus,
And the fertile soil of sweltering Nicaea;
Let us fly to the shining cities of Asia.
Now the impatient heart yearns to wander,
Now joyful feet come alive with zeal.
O sweet company of comrades, farewell,
Whom, having together set out far from home,
Different roads carry back in various ways.

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Translations of titles:
"Iam ver egelidos" = "Now Spring its thawing"
"Iam ver egelidos refert tepores" = "Now Spring brings back its thawing warmth"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 46
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This text was added to the website: 2025-06-02
Line count: 11
Word count: 78