Catullus Translations
This page provides access to English translations of all 116 poems (carmina) by the Roman lyric poet Catullus. The poems are traditionally divided into three sections: the polymetra (poems 1-60), longer poems (61-68), and the epigrams (69-116).
Note: Poems 18, 19, and 20 are considered spurious by modern scholars and are not included in most editions of Catullus' works.
Polymetra (Poems 1-60)
The first section contains short poems in various metres, covering themes of love, friendship, literary criticism, and invective.
Catullus 1 - Dedication to Cornelius Nepos
Catullus 2 - Lesbia's Sparrow
Catullus 3 - Lament for the Sparrow
Catullus 4 - The Yacht
Catullus 5 - Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus
Catullus 6 - To Flavius
Catullus 7 - Kisses
Catullus 8 - Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire
Catullus 9 - To Veranius
Catullus 10 - Varus' Mistress
Catullus 11 - Farewell to Lesbia
Catullus 12 - To Asinius Marrucinus
Catullus 13 - Invitation to Fabullus
Catullus 14 - Bad Poets
Catullus 15 - To Aurelius
Catullus 16 - Invective
Catullus 17 - The Bridge at Colonia
Catullus 21 - To Aurelius
Catullus 22 - Suffenus
Catullus 23 - To Furius
Catullus 24 - To Juventius
Catullus 25 - To Thallus
Catullus 26 - Furius' Villa
Catullus 27 - Drinking Song
Catullus 28 - To Veranius and Fabullus
Catullus 29 - Against Mamurra
Catullus 30 - To Alfenus
Catullus 31 - Sirmio
Catullus 32 - To Ipsitilla
Catullus 33 - The Vibennii
Catullus 34 - Hymn to Diana
Catullus 35 - To Caecilius
Catullus 36 - Volusian Annals
Catullus 37 - The Tavern
Catullus 38 - To Cornificius
Catullus 39 - Egnatius' Smile
Catullus 40 - To Ravidus
Catullus 41 - Ameana
Catullus 42 - The Tablets
Catullus 43 - To Ameana
Catullus 44 - The Farm
Catullus 45 - Acme and Septimius
Catullus 46 - Spring
Catullus 47 - Porcius and Socration
Catullus 48 - To Juventius
Catullus 49 - To Cicero
Catullus 50 - To Licinius
Catullus 51 - Ille mi par esse deo videtur
Catullus 52 - Political Satire
Catullus 53 - Calvus' Speech
Catullus 54 - Fragment
Catullus 55 - Searching for Camerius
Catullus 56 - To Cato
Catullus 57 - Against Caesar and Mamurra
Catullus 58 - Lesbia's Degradation
Catullus 59 - Rufa
Catullus 60 - Reproach
Longer Poems (61-68)
This section contains longer, more formal compositions including wedding hymns and the famous poem 64 (the epyllion on Peleus and Thetis).
Catullus 61 - Wedding of Manlius and Vinia
Catullus 62 - Wedding Song
Catullus 63 - Attis
Catullus 64 - Peleus and Thetis
Catullus 65 - To Hortalus
Catullus 66 - Lock of Berenice
Catullus 67 - The Door
Catullus 68 - To Allius
Epigrams (69-116)
The final section consists of short elegiac couplets, including the famous poem 85 ("Odi et amo").
Catullus 69 - To Rufus
Catullus 70 - Woman's Words
Catullus 71 - To Rufus
Catullus 72 - To Lesbia
Catullus 73 - Ingratitude
Catullus 74 - Gellius
Catullus 75 - To Lesbia
Catullus 76 - Prayer for Release
Catullus 77 - To Rufus
Catullus 78 - Gallus
Catullus 79 - Lesbius
Catullus 80 - To Gellius
Catullus 81 - To Juventius
Catullus 82 - To Quintius
Catullus 83 - Lesbia's Husband
Catullus 84 - Arrius
Catullus 85 - Odi et amo
Catullus 86 - Quintia
Catullus 87 - To Lesbia
Catullus 88 - Gellius
Catullus 89 - Gellius
Catullus 90 - Gellius
Catullus 91 - Gellius
Catullus 92 - Lesbia
Catullus 93 - To Caesar
Catullus 94 - Mentula
Catullus 95 - Cinna's Zmyrna
Catullus 96 - To Calvus
Catullus 97 - Aemilius
Catullus 98 - Victius
Catullus 99 - To Juventius
Catullus 100 - Caelius and Quintius
Catullus 101 - At His Brother's Tomb
Catullus 102 - To Cornelius
Catullus 103 - To Silo
Catullus 104 - To Lesbia
Catullus 105 - Mentula
Catullus 106 - The Auctioneer
Catullus 107 - Reunion with Lesbia
Catullus 108 - To Cominius
Catullus 109 - Promise of Love
Catullus 110 - Aufillena
Catullus 111 - Aufillena
Catullus 112 - Naso
Catullus 113 - Maecilia
Catullus 114 - Mentula
Catullus 115 - Mentula
Catullus 116 - To Gellius
