Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmen 61.159-173

The bride is urged to cross the threshold and enter the chamber, where her husband awaits on the bridal couch, burning with a love no less — and perhaps more deeply felt — than her own.

 

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porta pedes tuos trans limen cum bono omine, et intra ianuam politam.

 

io Hymenaee Hymen io, io Hymenaee Hymen.

 

ecce, vir tuus accubat in cubiculo in lecto Tyrio. vir tuus te intente expectat.

 

io Hymenaee Hymen io, io Hymenaee Hymen.

 

et cor eius tam plenum amoris quam tuum, sed fortasse magis quam tuum.

 

io Hymenaee Hymen io, io Hymenaee Hymen.

Written by Robert Amstutz