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