Catullus 27
By carlschultz on Jan 5, 2021 11:09 pm
Poem 27 by Catullus
1 MINISTER uetuli puer Falerni
(Come, boy, you who serve out the old Falernian,)
2 inger mi calices amariores,
(fill up stronger cups for me,)
3 ut lex Postumiae iubet magistrae
(as the law of Postumia, mistress of the revels, ordains,
4 ebriosa acina ebriosioris.
(Postumia more tipsy than the tipsy grape.)
5 at uos quo lubet hinc abite, lymphae
(But water, begone, away with you, water,)
6 uini pernicies, et ad seueros
(destruction of wine, and take up abode)
7 migrate. hic merus est Thyonianus.
(with scrupulous folk. This is the pure Thyonian god.)
Translation and wonderful analysis:
https://www.ancient-literature.com/catullus-27-translation.html
Reading by aikuinen:
https://freesound.org/people/aikuinen/sounds/379990/
Emulated sid, TB-303, cookie tin lids, a piano, violin, cello, all sorts of nonsense, put together using LMMS, audacity.
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