The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/58
Text & Translation
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| 1 | Caeli, Lesbia nostra, Lesbia illa | Caelius, our Lesbia, that Lesbia |
| 2 | illa Lesbia, quam Catullus unam | that Lesbia, whom alone Catullus |
| 3 | plus quam se atque suos amavit omnes, | loved more than himself and his closest friends, |
| 4 | nunc in quadriviis et angiportis | now on the street-corners and back-alleys |
| 5 | glubit magnanimi Remi nepotes. | jerks off the descendants of magnificent Remus. |