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Catullus 51 ILLE mi par esse deo uidetur,ille, si fas est, superare diuos,qui sedens aduersus identidem te spectat et audit dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis 5eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,Lesbia, aspexi, nihil est super mi *** lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artusflamma demanat, sonitu supote 10tintinant aures, gemina teguntur lumina nocte. otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:otio exsultas nimiumque gestis:otium et reges prius et beatas 15 perdidit urbes. Click here to read the Greek text of Sappho's poem, and a translation. Click here for more translations. 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.