Poem 27 by Catullus

1 MINISTER uetuli puer Falerni (Come, boy, you who serve out the old Falernian,)

2 inger mi calices amariores, (fill up stronger cups for me,)

3 ut lex Postumiae iubet magistrae (as the law of Postumia, mistress of the revels, ordains,

4 ebriosa acina ebriosioris. (Postumia more tipsy than the tipsy grape.)

5 at uos quo lubet hinc abite, lymphae (But water, begone, away with you, water,)

6 uini pernicies, et ad seueros (destruction of wine, and take up abode)

7 migrate. hic merus est Thyonianus. (with scrupulous folk. This is the pure Thyonian god.)

Translation and wonderful analysis: https://www.ancient-literature.com/catullus-27-translation.html

Reading by aikuinen: https://freesound.org/people/aikuinen/sounds/379990/

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