Gaius Valerius Catullus, Carmen 61.224-228
The wedding festivities come to a close: the maidens are told to shut the doors, and the newlyweds are sent off with a final blessing to live well and fulfill their duty.
Tier 1
virgines, claudite ianuas: ceremonia finis est.
sed bonus vir et femina, vivite bene et educate fortem puerum magna cura.
Tier 2
virgines, claudite ostia: lusimus satis.
at boni coniuges, vivite bene et exercete valentem iuventam assiduo munere.
Tier 3 - Carmen Ipsum
- claudite ostia, virgines:
- lusimus satis. at boni
- coniuges, bene vivite
- et munere assiduo valentem
- exercete iuventam.
Written by Robert Amstutz