Catullus 5
Mariah Sager /
- Created on 2026-04-15 02:03:22
- Aligned by Mariah Sager
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Love we ( my Lesbia ! ) and live we our day ,
While all stern sayings crabbed sages say ,
At one doit ' s value let us price and prize !
The Suns can westward sink again to rise
But we , extinguished once our tiny light ,
Perforce shall slumber through one lasting night !
Kiss me a thousand times , then hundred more ,
Then thousand others , then a new five-score ,
Still other thousand other hundred store .
Last when the sums to many thousands grow ,
The tale let ' s trouble till no more we know ,
Nor envious wight despiteful shall misween us
Knowing how many kisses have been kissed between us .
While all stern sayings crabbed sages say ,
At one doit ' s value let us price and prize !
The Suns can westward sink again to rise
But we , extinguished once our tiny light ,
Perforce shall slumber through one lasting night !
Kiss me a thousand times , then hundred more ,
Then thousand others , then a new five-score ,
Still other thousand other hundred store .
Last when the sums to many thousands grow ,
The tale let ' s trouble till no more we know ,
Nor envious wight despiteful shall misween us
Knowing how many kisses have been kissed between us .
Vivamus , mea Lesbia , atque amemus ,
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis .
soles occidere et redire possunt :
nobis , cum semel occidit brevis lux ,
nox est perpetua una dormienda .
da mi basia mille , deinde centum ,
dein mille altera , dein secunda centum ,
deinde usque altera mille , deinde centum ,
dein , cum milia multa fecerimus ,
conturbabimus illa , ne sciamus ,
aut ne quis malus invidere possit ,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum .
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis .
soles occidere et redire possunt :
nobis , cum semel occidit brevis lux ,
nox est perpetua una dormienda .
da mi basia mille , deinde centum ,
dein mille altera , dein secunda centum ,
deinde usque altera mille , deinde centum ,
dein , cum milia multa fecerimus ,
conturbabimus illa , ne sciamus ,
aut ne quis malus invidere possit ,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum .
Let us live , my Lesbia , and let us love , and count all the rumors of stearn old men at a penny ' s fee . Suns can set and rise again : we when once our brief light has set must sleep through a perpetual night . Give me a thousand kisses , and then a hundred , then another thousand , then a second hundred , then another thousand without resting , then a hundred . Then , when we have made many thousands , we will confuse the count lest we know the numbering , so that no one can cast an evil eye on us through knowing the number of our kisses .