Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Burton, Sir Richard Francis, translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

  1. Look upon me (poor me!) and, should I be cleanly of living,
  2. Out of my life deign pluck this my so pestilent plague,
  3. Which as a lethargy o'er mine inmost vitals a-creeping,
  4. Hath from my bosom expelled all of what joyance it joyed,
  5. Now will I crave no more she love me e'en as I love her,
  6. Nor (impossible chance!) ever she prove herself chaste:
  7. Would I were only healed and shed this fulsome disorder.
  8. Oh Gods, grant me this boon unto my piety due!