I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, … - Catullus

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I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment.

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Gaius Valerius Catullus (c. 84 – c. 54 BC) was a Roman poet, the dominant figure among the New Poets (neoterici) of the 1st century BC.

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Native Name: Gaius Valerius Catullus

Alternative Names: Caius Valerius Catullus

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Ut flos in saeptis secretus nascitur hortis,
Ignotus pecori, nullo contusus aratro,
Quem mulcent aurae, firmat sol, educat imber;
Multi illum pueri, multae optavere puellae.

Huc est mens deducta tua mea, Lesbia, culpa
atque ita se officio perdidit ipsa suo,
ut iam nec bene velle queat tibi, si optima fias,
nec desistere amare, omnia si facias.

You ask how many kissings of you, Lesbia, are enough for me and more than enough?

I hate and love. Why I do so, perhaps you ask. I know not, but I feel it, and I am in torment. - Catullus

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