The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus/62

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