Catullus LI Alignment
Iratze Aceves / Catullus LI
- Created on 2023-10-11 07:59:55
- Modified on 2023-10-11 08:09:43
- Translated by Guy Lee
- Aligned by Iratze Aceves
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Catullus LI`
Catullus LI: Guy Lee Translation
Ille mi par esse , Deo uidetur ,
ille , si fas est , superare Diuos ,
Qui sedens aduersus identidem te
Spectat et audit
Dulce ridentem , misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi . Nam simul te ,
Lesbia , aspexi , nihil est super mi
( Uocis in ore , )
lingua sed torpet , tenuis sub artus
Flamma demanat , sonitu suopte
Tintinant aures , gemina teguntur
Lumina nocte .
otium , Catulle , tibi molestum est .
Otio exsultas nimiumque gestis .
Otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes .
ille , si fas est , superare Diuos ,
Qui sedens aduersus identidem te
Spectat et audit
Dulce ridentem , misero quod omnis
Eripit sensus mihi . Nam simul te ,
Lesbia , aspexi , nihil est super mi
( Uocis in ore , )
lingua sed torpet , tenuis sub artus
Flamma demanat , sonitu suopte
Tintinant aures , gemina teguntur
Lumina nocte .
otium , Catulle , tibi molestum est .
Otio exsultas nimiumque gestis .
Otium et reges prius et beatas perdidit urbes .
That
man
is
seen
by
me
as
God’s
equal
Or ( if it may be said ) the Gods’ superior ,
Who sitting opposite again and again
Watches and hears you
Sweetly laughing — which dispossesses poor me
Of all my senses , for no sooner , Lesbia ,
Do I look at you than there’s no power left me
( Of speech in my mouth , )
But my tongue’s paralyzed , invisible flame
Courses down through my limbs , with din of their own
My ears are ringing and twin darkness covers
The light of my eyes .
Leisure , Catullus , does not agree with you .
At leisure you’re restless , too excitable .
Leisure in the past has ruined rulers and
Prosperous cities
Or ( if it may be said ) the Gods’ superior ,
Who sitting opposite again and again
Watches and hears you
Sweetly laughing — which dispossesses poor me
Of all my senses , for no sooner , Lesbia ,
Do I look at you than there’s no power left me
( Of speech in my mouth , )
But my tongue’s paralyzed , invisible flame
Courses down through my limbs , with din of their own
My ears are ringing and twin darkness covers
The light of my eyes .
Leisure , Catullus , does not agree with you .
At leisure you’re restless , too excitable .
Leisure in the past has ruined rulers and
Prosperous cities