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Catullus 5

Let us live, my Lesbia, and Let us love!

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Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
rumoresque senum severiorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis!
soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,...............................5
nox est perpetua una dormienda.
da mi basia mille, deinde centum;
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,..................................10
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
aut ne quis malus invidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

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Meter: hendecasyllabics.
3. unius assis: Genitive of Value or Worth.
6. dormienda est: Passive Paraphrastic. 
nobis: Dative of Agent.
7. mi: mihi.
11. illa: sc. basia, i.e., the number, the accounts.
12. possit: present subjunctive of potest (possum).
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