C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.51–56
The passage is about the time Catullus fell in love, told through images of two famously hot places: Mount Etna in Sicily and the hot springs at Thermopylae.
Tier 1
vōs scītis: Venus mihi magnam cūram dedit. amōre ardēbam.
ignis in monte Trīnacriō nōn magis ardet. aqua quoque in Thermopylīs nōn magis ardet.
oculī meī maestī lacrimās semper fundēbant. lacrimae in vultū meō erant.
Tier 2
duplex Amathūsia mihi cūram dedit; scītis.
mē torruit. tantum ardērem quantum Trīnacria rūpēs et lympha Mālia in Oetaeīs Thermopylīs.
trīstia lūmina assiduō flētū lacrimāre nōn cessābant.
trīstī imbre madēbant genae.
Tier 3
nam scītis, quam cūram duplex Amathūsia dederit mihi, et in quō genere mē torruerit,
cum tantum ardērem quantum Trīnacria rūpēs lymphaque Mālia in Oetaeīs Thermopylīs,
neque maesta lūmina cessārent tābēscere assiduō flētū, trīstīque imbre madēre genae.
Tier 4 - Carmen Ipsum
- nam, mihi quam dederit duplex Amathūsia cūram,
- scītis, et in quō mē torruerit genere,
- cum tantum ardērem quantum Trīnacria rūpēs
- lymphaque in Oetaeīs Mālia Thermopylīs,
- maesta neque assiduō tābēscere lūmina flētū
- cessārent trīstīque imbre madēre genae.
Original draft written by Robert Amstutz
