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
