The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/62

Text & Translation LineLatin TextEnglish Translation 1Vesper adest, iuvenes, consurgite: Vesper OlympoThe evening Star is rising, get up young men! The evening Star2exspectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit. long time awaited is just now setting on light on the Olympus.3surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas,It's now time to stand up, to leave the fat tables4iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur hymenaeus.soon the virgin will arrive, soon the wedding hymn will be sung5Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!6cernitis, innuptae, iuvenes? consurgite contra; Do you the young men, virgins? Get up opposite of them7nimirum Oetaeos ostendit Noctifer ignes.Without a doubt Oeataeus showed the lights.8sic certest; viden ut perniciter exsiluere?9non temere exsiluere, canent quod vincere par est.10Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!11Aspicite innupte secum ut meditata requirunt:12Non facilis nobis equales palma parata est:13Non frustra meditantur: habent memorabile quod sit:141516171819Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!202122232425Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!262728293031Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!32333435363738Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!39404142434445464748Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!495051525354555657585960616263646566Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee!Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus!