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Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« on: July 01, 2012, 02:46:19 PM »
Carmen 16 by Catullus (circa 84–54 BCE)

Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo,
Aureli pathice et cinaede Furi,
qui me ex versiculis meis putastis,
quod sunt molliculi, parum pudicum.
Nam castum esse decet pium poetam
ipsum, versiculos nihil necessest;
qui tum denique habent salem ac leporem,
si sunt molliculi ac parum pudici
et quod pruriat incitare possunt,
non dico pueris, sed his pilosis
qui duros nequeunt movere lumbos.
Vos, quod milia multa basiorum
legistis, male me marem putatis?
Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.

Translation by Wikisource:
I will sodomize you and face-fuck you,
Cocksucker Aurelius and bottom-man Furius,
You who think that I'm a pussy
Because of my delicate verses.
It's right for the devoted poet
To be chaste himself, but it's not
Necessary for his verses to be so.
Verses which then have taste and charm,
If they are delicate and sexy,
And when they can incite an itch,
And I don't mean for boys, but in
Those hairy old men who can't get their dicks up.
You, because you have read of my thousand kisses,
You think I'm a pussy?
I will sodomize you and face-fuck you.
« Last Edit: July 01, 2012, 02:51:20 PM by ohgar »
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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2012, 03:03:21 PM »
Someone has to make a concept album based on this poem.
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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2012, 03:05:56 PM »
Someone has to make a concept album based on this poem.

It probably wouldn't last long.
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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2012, 03:13:26 PM »
That's what Viagra is for.

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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #4 on: July 01, 2012, 03:37:17 PM »
Someone has to make a concept album based on this poem.

I see a kickstarter.com project coming on.

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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #5 on: July 01, 2012, 03:47:08 PM »
Nice. :lol

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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2012, 03:50:15 PM »
The opening line goes very well with your avatar.

Man, Latin makes everything look classy.

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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2012, 03:54:16 PM »
Someone has to make a concept album based on this poem.

I see a kickstarter.com project coming on.

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Re: Catullus 16: "the foulest poem ever written"
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2012, 03:54:29 PM »
"qui duros nequeunt movere lumbos" literally means "who can't move their loins to be hard" and sounds amazing in Latin.
Iam pridem, ex quo suffragia nulli vendimus, effudit curas; nam qui dabat olim imperium, fasces, legiones, omnia, nunc se continet atque duas tantum res anxius optat, panem et circenses.