Tollite, Ō puerī, facēs:
flammeum videō venīre. 115
Īte concinite in modum
‘Iō Hymēn Hymenaee iō,
Iō Hymēn Hymenaee.'
Nē diū taceat procāx
Fescenīna jocātiō, 120
nec nucēs puerīs neget
dēsertum dominī audiēns
concubīnus amōrem.
Dā nucēs puerīs, iners
concubīne! Satis diū 125
lūsistī nucibus: Lubet
iam servīre Talāsiō.
concubīne, nucēs dā.
Sordēbant tibi villicae,
concubīne, hodiē atque heri: 130
nunc tuum cinerārius
tondet ōs. Miser ā miser
concubīne, nucēs dā.
vocabulary
lectus lectī m.: bed, couch
erus –ī m.: master
prōdeō prōdīre prōdiī prōditum: come or go forward; advance
nupta –ae f.: wife
ō: interjection, expressing grief, pleasure, indignation, or adjuration
flammeum –ī n.: the flame-colored veil worn by a Roman bride at her wedding 115
concinō –cinere –cinuī: sing together; celebrate in song
iō: interj., a ritual exclamation, yo!
Hymēn Hymenis m.: refrain chanted at Greek weddings; personified as god of marriage
Hymenaeus –ī m.: the Greek wedding refrain, hymeneal; personified as god of marriage; pl. marriage
procāx –ācis: importunate, impudent, licentious
Fescennīnus –a –um: of Fescennia, a town in Etruria famous for its ribald verses; ribald, obscene 120
iocātiō –ōnis f.: jesting
nux nucis f.: nut
concubīnus –ī m.: catamite, male homosexual partner
iners –ertis: clusy; lazy, idle, useless
lūdō lūdere lūsī lūsus: play
Talasius –iī m.: a Roman marriage god (cf. Hymenaeus)