latin love poetry (3 Viewers)

[mic]

did any of you guys study catullus, out of curiosity?

cos i found some catullus poems while cleaning my room, and now they're stuck in my head.

"da mi basia mille deinde..."

 

[flyin']

In short, yes. And that's nothing, just lips... btw, I'm too lazy to unpack and find other ones... or search the net for that matter.

 

[Newbie]

recite me some love poetry!

 

[mic]

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 inuidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

NB: you can substitute lesbia for any woman of your dreams

 

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woah..wtf is that.

translate plz!

 

[mic]

hey! you find the translation yourself!

it sounds better in latin anyway

 

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wtf..
i dun do latin..
well, i do know one latin song and 2latin words...

 

[mic]

a latin song?? and what 2 latin words?

 

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esto fiedlis..or something.."be faithful".its da school motto
and latin song is some marist song we had to learn too

 

[mic]

lol. ok, here's a translation:

Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love,
and let us judge all the rumors of the old men
to be worth just one penny!
The suns are able to fall and rise:
When that brief light has fallen for us,
we must sleep a never ending night.
Give me a thousand kisses, then another hundred,
then another thousand, then a second hundred,
then yet another thousand more, then another hundred.
Then, when we have made many thousands,
we will mix them all up so that we don't know,
and so that no one can be jealous of us when he finds out
how many kisses we have shared.

 

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gee..this guy loves kissing or something..
"oh kiss me another 1000times..more! more!" :rolleyes"

and hmm...old men aye..

and whats with this chick call Lesbia..

shes not lesbian is she?

 

[mic]

lol she's not a lesbian.

catullus called her lesbia, she was probably this woman called clodia, a notorious woman known for her many lovers.

catullus was younger than her

 

[rukawasan]

the frivolity of the roman love life... did u noe that virgil was actually homo

 

[mic]

lol yeah. i read that while doing some background reading on him.

there was plenty of drunkenness and debauchery around

 

[rukawasan]

he had two boy slaves... one of whom was apparently also an apt poet...

 

[Newbie]

any EROTIC poetry?

oi ruk, what is "smart casual" dress mean?

 

[laney]

odi et amo, quare id facciam, fortasse requiris?
nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior


i love that poem
it's so short yet incredibly succinct.
i love it.

 

[flyin']

That's the classic one, teachers always rave about.

 

[mic]

Originally posted by Newbie
any EROTIC poetry?

oi ruk, what is "smart casual" dress mean?

um, erotic poetry lol. i think catullus might have something

and smart casual for guys (i'll answer it for ruka), is nice pants and a nice shirt. no tie.

 

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Originally posted by mic
and smart casual for guys (i'll answer it for ruka), is nice pants and a nice shirt. no tie.

or nothing at all

i'm sure mic won't mind