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This reading of Catullus LV 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.

Note- the text below varies slightly from the text used by the reader.

Oramus, si forte non molestum est,
demonstres ubi sint tuae tenebrae.
te campo quaesivimus minore,
te in circo, te in omnibus libellis,
te in templo summi Iovis sacrato.
in Magni simul ambulatione
femellas omnes, amice, prendi,
quas vultu vidi tamen serenas.
A velte sic ipse flagitabam:
“camerium mihi, pessimae puellae!”
quaedam inquit nudum reduc
“en hic in roseis latet papillis.”
sed te iam ferre Herculi labos est:
tanto ten fastu negas, amice?
dic nobis ubi sis futurus, ede
audacter, committe, crede luci.
nunc te lacteolae tenent puellae?
si linguam clauso tenes in ore,
fructus proicies amoris omnes:
verbosa gaudet Venus loquella.
vel vi vis, licet obseres palatum,
dum veri sis particeps amoris.