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A Thousand Kisses

Catullus · Carmina 5

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A Thousand Kisses

Catullus, Carmina 5

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.

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Catullus, Carmina 5. Source text. CC BY-SA 4.0. Perseus Digital Library (Tufts University), PerseusDL/canonical-latinLit; edition: E. T. Merrill, Ginn 1893. Word analyses are machine-generated, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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