SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 450 Title : A Small Book of Translations: 02 - Catullus 1 Author(s): Alexander Hutchison Copyright holder(s): Alexander Hutchison Text VIVAMUS, MEA LESBIA, ATQUE AMEMUS Lizzie, let's live and love and count the vapourings of strict old men with one cold coin. Suns may sink and sally back: when our brief light is by night's a sleep that's sealed forever. Give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred – another thousand, a hundred to follow – still another thousand, and a hundred more. And when we've wantoned all those thousands wreck the tally, and never know – lest any think our kisses ill and grudge how many. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: N/A Year of composition: 2004 Word count: 88 Text medium Book: Email: Leaflet/brochure (prospectus): Magazine (e-zine): Periodical/journal: Radio: Text publication details Part of larger text: Text setting Other: Literature in translation/poetry Text type Poem/song/ballad: Other: Collection of poems in translation Author Author details Author id: 420 Forenames: Alexander Surname: Hutchison Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 17 Occupation: Writer / Senior Lecturer Place of birth: Buckie Region of birth: Banff Birthplace CSD dialect area: Bnf Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Medical Practitioner Father's place of birth: Spey Bay Father's region of birth: Moray Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Mry Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: School Meals Supervisor Mother's place of birth: Buckie Mother's region of birth: Banff Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Bnf Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Generally/work/home etc. Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: No Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Italian Speak: No Read: Yes Write: No Understand: No Circumstances: translation Language: Latin Speak: No Read: Yes Write: No Understand: No Circumstances: Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Socially/home/writing