by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019)
Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle
Language: Latin
Our translations: SPA
[Nulli]1 se dicit mulier mea nubere malle Quam mihi, non [si]2 Iuppiter ipse petat. Dicit: sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti In vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.3
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Orff: "O mea Lesbia! Nulli"
2 Reuland: "si se"
3 Orff adds:
Catullus et Caelio exeunt. Appaudunt senes dicentes: Senes Placet, placet, placet, optime, optime, optime!
Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 70 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Michael Linton , "Nulli se dicit mulier", first performed 2014 [ baritone and piano ], from Carmina Catulli, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carl Orff (1895 - 1982), "[V]. O mea Lesbia", 1940-43, published 1943 [ soli and orchestra ], from cantata Catulli Carmina, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jacques Reuland (b. 1918), "Carmen LXX", from Canzoniere, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) ; composed by Dominick Argento.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Georges Lafaye (1854 - 1927) ; composed by Darius Milhaud.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 31
My woman says she will be no one's but...
Language: English after the Latin
My woman says she will be no one's but mine. Not even should Jupiter himself wish to seduce her. She says: but what woman says to lover -- Write it on the wind or swift-running water.
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Text Authorship:
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 70
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Dominick Argento (1927 - 2019), "My woman says she will be no one's but mine", 1981 [ mixed chorus and percussion ], from I Hate and I Love (Odi et Amo), no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-17
Line count: 4
Word count: 35