Английская Википедия:Catullus 6
Catullus 6 is a Latin poem of seventeen lines in Phalaecean hendecasyllabic metre by the Roman poet Catullus.[1]
Text
| Literal English Translation | Original Latin | Line |
|---|---|---|
| <poem>Flavius, of your darling to Catullus,
if she were not unpretty and inelegant, you'd be wanting to speak nor could keep quiet. But you love I don't know what of a feverish harlot: it shames you to admit this. For that you don't spend the nights single your speechless bed screams in vain, fragrant with garlands and Syrian oil, and the mattress equally on this side and that worn away, and the creaking and movement of your shaking bed. There's no point in being quiet about your debauchery. Why, you wouldn't reveal such sexually tired sides unless you were doing something silly. So, whatever good and bad you have, tell us. I want to summon you and your love to heaven in my witty verse. </poem> |
<poem>
Flāvī, dēliciās tuās Catullō, nī sint illepidae atque inēlegantēs, vellēs dīcere nec tacēre possēs. Vērum nescio quid febrīculōsī scortī dīligis: hoc pudet fatērī. Nam tē nōn viduās iacēre noctēs nēquīquam tacitum cubīle clāmat sertīs ac Syriō fragrāns olīvō, pulvīnusque peraequē et hic et ille attrītus, tremulīque quassa lectī argūtātiō inambulātiōque. Nam nīl stupra valet nihil tacēre. Cūr? nōn tam latera ecfutūta pandās, nī tū quid faciās ineptiārum. Quārē, quidquid habēs bonī malīque, dīc nōbīs. Volo tē ac tuōs amōrēs ad caelum lepidō vocāre versū. </poem> |
<poem>
6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.10 6.11 6.12 6.13 6.14 6.15 6.16 6.17 </poem> |
Analysis
Flavius is teased about an intrigue which he has in vain tried to conceal.[1] With the general theme, E. T. Merrill compares Catullus 55.1ff. and Horace, Carmina 1.27; 2.4.[1]
In his Victorian translation of Catullus, R. F. Burton titles the poem "To Flavius: Mis-speaking his Mistress".[2]
References
Sources
- Burton, Richard F.; Smithers, Leonard C., eds. (1894). The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. London: Printed for the Translators: for Private Subscribers. pp. 10–12.
- Merrill, Elmer Truesdell, ed. (1893). Catullus (College Series of Latin Authors). Boston, MA: Ginn and Company. pp. 14–15. Шаблон:Source-attribution
Further reading
- Uden, James (2005). "Scortum Diligis: A Reading of Catullus 6". The Classical Quarterly, 55(2). pp. 638–642.
External links
- C. Valerius Catullus. "Catul. 6". Carmina. Leonard C. Smithers, ed. Perseus Digital Library. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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