Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmen 61.46-60
No god is sought more often by those in love than Hymenaeus, who unites trembling parents, blushing brides, and eager grooms alike.
Tier 1
quem deum amantes magis petunt?
quem deum homines magis colent?
o Hymenaee Hymen.
o Hymen, timidus parens te invocat filiis suis,
virgines solvunt vestimenta tibi,
maritus timens novos studio te audit,
tu ipse capis floridam puellam
a matre sua et das puellam in manus cupido puer,
o Hymenaee Hymen.
Tier 2
quis deus magis petendus est amantibus?
quem caelitum homines magis colent,
o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymenaee Hymen?
tremulus parens te invocat suis,
virgines solvunt zonula sinus tibi,
maritus timens novos captat te cupida aure.
tu ipse dedis floridam puellulam
a gremio suae matris in manus fero iuveni,
o Hymenaee Hymen, o Hymenaee Hymen.
Tier 3 - Carmen Ipsum
- quis deus magis est ama-
- tis petendus amantibus?
- quem colent homines magis
- caelitum, o Hymenaee Hymen,
- o Hymen Hymenaee?
- te suis tremulus parens
- invocat, tibi virgines
- zonula solvunt sinus,
- te timens cupida novos
- captat aure maritus.
- tu fero iuveni in manus
- floridam ipse puellulam
- dedis a gremio suae
- matris, o Hymenaee Hymen,
- o Hymen Hymenaee.
Written by Robert Amstutz