Living
Carmen LVI (Burton)
Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton (1894) · From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus (1894)
Living
O risible matter (Cato!) and jocose,
Digne of thy hearing, of thy sneering digne.
Laugh (Cato!) an thou love Catullus thine;
The thing is risible, nay, too jocose.
Erstwhile I came upon a lad who a lass
Was ---- and (so please it Dion!) I
Pierced him with stiffest staff and did him die.
Cite this poem
MLA
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LVI (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/276/.
Chicago
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. “Carmen LVI (Burton).” Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/catullus/276/.
Read this poem with the Codex →