by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE)
Lesbia mi dicit semper male
Language: Latin
Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacet umquam de me: Lesbia me dispeream nisi amat. quo signo? Quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illam assidue, verum, dispeream nisi amo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Gaius Valerius Catullus (c84 BCE - 54 BCE), no title, appears in Carmina, no. 92 [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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) , "Lesbia railing" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-15
Line count: 6
Word count: 28