Carmina Catullī

Poems of Catullus

Here are some Latin poems written by Catullus, along with my translations of them into English.


Carmen 3	A passerine passes. (Or bye-bye birdie.)
Carmen 5	Love, mortality, kisses, jealousy, and maybe an abacus.
Carmen 7	More kisses, by Jove.
Carmen 13	A dinner invitation scent.
Carmen 15	A strange dish of fish & veggies. Explicit.
Carmen 16	Dissing the reviewers. Explicit.
Carmen 27	Brandy, you’re a fine girl.
Carmen 33	Partners in crime and a missing bath towel? Explicit.
Carmen 85	Frame they fearful symmetry.

My goals are fidelity and natural English idiom, which are goals in tension, and that makes translation fun and challenging.