Catullus 2

Catullus 2 adalah sebuah syair karya penyair Romawi Gaius Valerius Catullus (– SM) yang mendeskripsikan hubungan antara seorang puella tanpa nama ('gadis', mungkin kekasih Catullus, Lesbia), dan burung gereja peliharaannya. Menurut cendekiawan dan penyiar John Swinnerton Phillimore, keluwesan puisi tersebut, yang tersamarkan oleh tradisi manuskrip rusak, telah menjadikannya salah satu karya paling terkenal dalam buku Catullus.

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Argues in favor of desiderio meo nitenti meaning "radiant lady of my longing", despite dative case.  Also argues that ardor could mean ira, credo might have been quaero or quaeso, and there is likely no lacuna between lines 10 and 11.


Calls lines 11-13 the carmen vexatissimum.  Suggests subit in line 7: Et solaciolum subit doloris.



Makes lines 11-13 into a speech by Lesbia to her bird; "you are as welcome to me..."  Argues against desiderio meo nitenti meaning "radiant lady of my longing", but rather "when she is shining with longing for me".



Excellent review of solutions proposed in the 19th century.  Supports a three-poem model, in which gratum refers to meeting his lover, Lesbia.

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Terjemahan
Catullus 2 & 2b from the VRoma Project.
Catullus 2 from the Catullus Translations Website.
Catullus 2b from the Catullus Translations Website.
Catullus 2 (lines 1–8) from the Cipher Journal website (bizarre ending)
Catullus 2 & 2b Rick Snyder's translation in jubilat (2003)

Lain-lain
"Notes on the text, interpretation, and translation problems of Catullus", by S.J. Harrison and S.J. Heyworth, from an Oxford University Web site:
 As HTML page
[users.ox.ac.uk/~sjh/documents/catconj.doc] As WordPad file
  Page explaining the relationship of the sounds of the poem to its meaning and a link to a recording of the poem sung in Latin
  Text with translation notes
  Page with a link to WordPad document of "Sparrows and Apples: The Unity of Catullus 2", by S.J. Harrison, an article in Scripta Classica Israelica (scroll down to "Articles in Journals" No. 60)
Interview with Jeffrey Eugenides on his book of bittersweet love-stories, My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead

Category:Puisi tentang burung