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Catullus, C. V.; Century I B.C.

Catullus, C. V., poem number 62, amat victoria curam.

Gaius Valerius Catullus, from 87 to 57 BC or from 87 to 54 BC, «Corpus Catuliano, 116 Poems: Poem number 62, Wedding Hymn in Hexameters», Rome, 1st Century BC.


Gaius Valerius Catullus, Poem LVII, beginning

Vesper adest, iuvenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo
Exspectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit.
Surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas,
Iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur Hymenaeus.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

Cernitis, innuptae, iuvenes? consurgite contra:
Nimirum Oetaeos ostendit Noctifer ignes.
Sic certest; viden ut perniciter exsiluere?
Non temere exsiluere, canent quod vincere par est.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

Non facilis nobis, aequales, palma parata est:
Aspicite, innuptae secum ut meditata requirunt.
Non frustra meditantur: habent memorabile quod sit.
Nec mirum, penitus quae tota mente laborant.
Nos alio mentes, alio divisimus aures:
Iure igitur vincemur: amat victoria curam.
Quare nunc animos saltem convertite vestros;
Dicere iam incipient, iam respondere decebit.
Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!

...

My translation in hendecasyllables

...
They note everything worth remembering and do not practice in vain,
let it not surprise us, for their minds are focused on the work.
But if we distract our ears and scatter our thoughts,
by law they will defeat us, for victory loves those who care.
...

The complete poem can be consulted in Latin and Spanish in [Alonso Gamo, J. M.; 2004; page 242] and in Latin in [Gaio da Legnago, A. del; 1375; reverse of folio 17].


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