Catullus 101

Latin

Multas per gentes et multa per aequora uectus
Aduenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias,
Ut te postremo donarem munere mortis
Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.
Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum.
Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi,
Nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum
Tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias,
Acccipe fraterno multum manantia fletu,
Atque in perpetuum, frater, aue atque uale
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English

Wandering through many countries and over many seas
I come, my brother, to these sorrowful obsequies,
To present you with the last guerdon of death,
And speak, though in vain, to your silent ashes,
Since fortune has taken your own self away from me
Alas, my brother, so cruelfully torn from me!
Yet now meanwhile take these offerings, which by the custom of our fathers
Have been handed down - a sorrowful tribute - for a funeral sacrifice;
Take them, wet with many tears of a brother,
And for ever, O my brother, hail and farewell!
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Catullus 101

Gaius Valerius Catullus

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1	Multas per gentes et multa per aequora uectus	Wandering through many countries and over many seas
2	Aduenio has miseras, frater, ad inferias,	I come, my brother, to these sorrowful obsequies,
3	Ut te postremo donarem munere mortis	To present you with the last guerdon of death,
4	Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem.	And speak, though in vain, to your silent ashes,
5	Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum.	Since fortune has taken your own self away from me
6	Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi,	Alas, my brother, so cruelfully torn from me!
7	Nunc tamen interea haec, prisco quae more parentum	Yet now meanwhile take these offerings, which by the custom of our fathers
8	Tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias,	Have been handed down - a sorrowful tribute - for a funeral sacrifice;
9	Acccipe fraterno multum manantia fletu,	Take them, wet with many tears of a brother,
10	Atque in perpetuum, frater, aue atque uale	And for ever, O my brother, hail and farewell!