forum is three days away holy cow!!!! latin studying begins in earnest. but first, a singalong!

download! and then, sing along!

quaeris, quot mihi basiationes
tuae, lesbia, sint satis superque.
quam magnus numerus libyssae harenae
lasarpiciferis iacet cyneris
oraculum iovis inter aestuosi
et batti ueteris sacrum sepulcrum.
aut quam sidera multa cum tacet nox
fortivos hominum vident amores.
tam te basia multa basiare
uesano satis et super catullo est.
quae nec pernumerare curiosi
possint nec mala fascinare lingua

once more now, with feeling (and in english)!!

You ask how many kisses from you,
Lesbia, are more than enough for me.
As great as the number of the Libyan sand
that lies on silphium-bearing Cyrene,
between the oracle of sultry Jove
and the sacred tomb of old Battus;
Or as many as the stars, when night is silent,
that see the stolen loves of men.
To kiss you with so many kisses
is enough and more than enough for your Catullus;
Kisses, which neither curious eyes may count up
nor an evil tongue bewitch.