Carmina # 3 "Death of the Sparrow," ll. 1-4 [tr. Bliss (1872)] - Catullus | WIST Quotations
Ye Venuses and Cupids mourn, Ye whom the graces most adorn, Come, and your tears of sorrow shed: My Lesbia's little bird is dead. [Lugete, o Veneres Cupidinesque et quantum est hominum venustiorum! passer mortuus est meae puellae, passer, deliciae meae puellae.] (Source (Latin)). Alternate translations: Mourn all ye Loves!…
