Carmina

Catullus

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus. Smithers, Leonard Charles, prose translator. London, Printed for the Translators, 1894.

Caelius and Quintius, the flower of the Veronese youth, madly in love with Aufilenus, madly in love with Aufilena—the one with the brother; the other with the sister. This is, as one would say, true brotherhood and sweet friendship. To whom shall I incline the more? Caelius, to you; for your single devotion to us was shown by its deeds, when the raging flame scorched my marrow. Be happy, Caelius, be potent in love.