< The Poetry of Gaius Valerius Catullus 
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| 1 | Vesper adest, iuvenes, consurgite: Vesper Olympo | The evening Star is rising, get up young men! The evening Star | 
| 2 | exspectata diu vix tandem lumina tollit. | long time awaited is just now setting on light on the Olympus. | 
| 3 | surgere iam tempus, iam pinguis linquere mensas, | It's now time to stand up, to leave the fat tables | 
| 4 | iam veniet virgo, iam dicetur hymenaeus. | soon the virgin will arrive, soon the wedding hymn will be sung | 
| 5 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
| 6 | cernitis, innuptae, iuvenes? consurgite contra; | Do you the young men, virgins? Get up opposite of them | 
| 7 | nimirum Oetaeos ostendit Noctifer ignes. | Without a doubt Oeataeus showed the lights. | 
| 8 | sic certest; viden ut perniciter exsiluere? | |
| 9 | non temere exsiluere, canent quod vincere par est. | |
| 10 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
| 11 | Aspicite innupte secum ut meditata requirunt: | |
| 12 | Non facilis nobis equales palma parata est: | |
| 13 | Non frustra meditantur: habent memorabile quod sit: | |
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| 19 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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| 25 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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| 31 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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| 38 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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| 48 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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| 66 | Hymen o Hymenaee, Hymen ades o Hymenaee! | Hymenaeus Hymen, come! O Hymen Hymenaeus! | 
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