C. Valerius Catullus, Carmen 68.149–160

In the closing lines Catullus offers the poem to Allius. The goddess Themis appears. The daggers (†) in line 157 mark words the manuscripts have garbled.

 

Tier 1

hoc carmen tibi, Allī, dō; id est dōnum meum, quod facere potuī.

 

prō multīs officiīs hoc dōnum tibi reddō. nōlō tempus nōmen vestrum corrumpere.

 

deī ad hoc dōna plūrima addent, quae Themis ōlim virīs piīs antīquīs dare solēbat.

 

fēlīcēs sītis, tū et vīta tua. fēlīx sit domus in quā laetī fuimus, et domina. fēlīx sit ille quī prīncipiō nōbīs terram dedit, et ille ā quō omnia bona nāta sunt.

 

et ante omnēs fēlīx sit lūx mea, quae mihi cārior est quam ego ipse; cum eā vīvere dulce est.

Original draft written by Robert Amstutz

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