Episode 3 - K.I.S.S.I.N.G., Catullus 5 and 7 (V & VII)

5 VIVAMUS, mea Lesbia, atque amemus,rumoresque senum seueriorumomnes unius aestimemus assis!soles occidere et redire possunt:nobis cum semel occidit breuis lux,                            5nox 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,                                10conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,aut ne quis malus inuidere possit,cum tantum sciat esse basiorum. 7 QVAERIS, quot mihi basiationestuae, Lesbia, sint satis superque.quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenaelasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenisoraclum Iouis inter aestuosi                                        5et Batti ueteris sacrum sepulcrum;aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,furtiuos hominum uident amores:tam te basia multa basiareuesano satis et super Catullo est,                                10quae nec pernumerare curiosipossint nec mala fascinare lingua.     Bibliography Fordyce, C.J. (1961). Catullus. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Garrison, D.H. (2008). The Student’s Catullus (3rd ed.). Norman, USA: University of Oklahoma Press. Godwin, J. (1999). Catullus: The Shorter Poems. Warminster, England: Aris & Phillips Ltd.   Listen by using the player below. Remember also that the podcast is available on iTunes here, or by searching for "reading Latin poetry" in the iTunes store.