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Gaius Valerius CatullusCarmina00
Flāvī, dēliciās tuās Catullō,
Nī sint inlepidae atque inēlegantēs,
Vellēs dīcere, nec tacēre possēs.
Vērum nescio quid febrīculōsī 5
Scortī dīligis: hoc pudet fatērī.
Nam tē nōn viduās jacēre noctēs
Nēquīquam tacitum cubīle clāmat
Sertīs ac Syriō fragrans olīvō,
Pulvīnusque peraeque et hic et īlle 10
Attrītus, tremulīque quassa lectī
Argūtātiō inambulātiōque.
Nam nīl stupra valet, nihil, tacēre.
Cūr? nōn tam latera ecfutūta pandās,
Nī tū quid faciās ineptiārum. 15
Quārē, quidquid habēs bonī malīque,
Dīc nōbīs: volo tē ac tuōs amōrēs
Ad caelum lepidō vocāre versū.
Carmen 5