Vivamus, mea Lesbia

Catullus(84–54 a. C.)

Carmina, s. I a. C.

Vīvāmus, mea Lesbia, atque amēmus,Rūmōrēsque senum sevēriōrumOmnēs ūnius aestimēmus assis!Sōlēs occidere et redīre possunt:Nōbīs, cum semel occidit brevis lūx,Nox est perpetua ūna dormienda.Dā mī bāsia mīlle, deinde centum,Dein mīlle altera, dein secunda centum,Deinde ūsque altera mīlle, deinde centum,Dein, cum mīlia multa fēcerīmus,Conturbābimus īlla, nē sciāmus,Aut nē quis malus invidēre possit,Cum tantum sciat esse bāsiōrum.

From Carmina (s. I a. C.), via the Latin Wikisource transcription. The edition marks vowel length with macrons.

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