[XI]. Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire | Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)

Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire

Language: Latin

Our translations: SPA

Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire,
Et quod uides perisse perditum ducas.
Fulsere quondam candidi tibi soles,
Cum uentitabas quo puella ducebat
Amata nobis quantum amabitur nulla.
Ibi illa multa cum iocosa fiebant,
Quae tu uolebas nec puella nolebat.
Fulsere uere candidi tibi soles.
Nunc iam illa non uult: tu quoque inpotens, noli,
Nec quae fugit sectare, nec miser uiue,
Sed obstinata mente perfer, obdura.
Vale, puella! iam Catullus obdurat,
Nec te requiret nec rogabit inuitam:
At tu dolebis, cum rogaberis nulla.
Scelesta, uae te! quae tibi manet vita!
Quis nunc te adibit? cui uideberis bella?
Quem nunc amabis? cuius esse diceris?
Quem basiabis? cui labella mordebis?
At tu, Catulle, destinatus obdura.

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Text Authorship:

by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 8 [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 Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[XI]. Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire", 1940-43, published 1943, from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) [an adaptation] ; composed by Dominick Argento.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, first published 1889

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 19
Word count: 110