Atquī nec dīvīs hominēs compōnier aequum est,
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ingrātum tremulī tolle parentis onus.
Nec tamen illa mihī dextrā dēducta paternā
frāgrantem Assyriō vēnit odōre domum,
sed fūrtīva dedit mīrā mūnuscula nocte, 145
ipsius ex ipsō dēmpta virī gremiō.
Quārē illud satis est, sī nōbīs is datur ūnīs
quem lapide illa diēs candidiōre notat.
Hoc tibi, quod potuī, cōnfectum carmine mūnus
prō multīs, Allī, redditur officiīs, 150
nē vestrum scabrā tangat rūbīgine nōmen
haec atque illa diēs atque alia atque alia.
Hūc addent dīvī quam plūrima, quae Themis ōlim
antīquīs solita est mūnera ferre piīs.
Sītis fēlīcēs et tū simul et tua vīta, 155
et domus illa in quā lūsimus et domina,
et quī prīncipiō nōbīs terram dedit aufert,
ā quō sunt prīmō tanta parāta bona,
et longē ante omnēs mihi quae mē cārior ipsō est,
lūx mea, quā vīvā vīvere dulce mihi est. 160
vocabulary
atquī or atquīn: conj., but; moreover
tremulus –a –um: shaky, trembling; shaking (voluntarily, as one dandling an infant)
paternus –a –um: of a father; paternal
fragrō fragrāre fragrāvī fragrātus: fragrant, redolent, sweet-smelling
Assyrius –a –um: Assyrian; (by extension) Asiatic, oriental
odor –ōris m.: smell, odor, fragrance
furtīvus –a –um: secret, furtive 145
mīrus –a –um: extraordinary, remarkable
mūnusculum –ī n.: a small gift or favor
dēmō dēmere dēmpsī dēmptus: remove, take away
gremium gremi(ī) n.: lap
notō notāre notāvī notātus: mark, stain
(Manius) Allius –iī m.: a friend of Catullus 150
scaber –bra –brum: rough, scabrous from disease, scabbed
robigō (rub–) robiginis f.: rust; blight
Themis –is f.: Greek goddess associated with justice
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus: play 156
prīmō (prīmīs): at first, in the first place; at the beginning
vīvus –a –um: living, alive 160