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This reading of Catullus LI was made by a student at Swarthmore College, PA, as part of a course called "Love and Hatred in Catullus", using Daniel Garrison's text (The Student's Catullus, University of Oklahoma Publications, 2004). These audio files were kindly supplied by John Bauschatz, with the student's permission.

LI

Ille mi par esse deo videtur,
ille, si fas est, superare divos
qui sedens adversus identidem te
spectat et audit
dulce ridentem, misero quod omnis
eripit sensus mihi: nam simul te,
Lesbia, adspexi, nihil est super mi
vocis in ore
lingua sed torpet, tenuis sub artus
flamma demanat, sonitu suopte
tintinant aures, gemina teguntur
lumina nocte.
otium, Catulle, tibi molestum est:
otio exsultas nimiumque gestis.
otium et reges prius et beatas
perdidit urbes.