Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love (Latin)

Gaius Valerius Catullus

84 BCE to 54 BCE

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dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
rumoresque senum severiorum
aut ne quis malus invidere possit,
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
omnes unius aestimemus assis.
soles occidere et redire possunt;
Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus,
nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux,
da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.
nox est perpetua una dormienda.