uiuamus mea lesbia, atque amemus,
rumoresque senum seueriorum
omnes unius aestimemus assis!
soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit breuis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda.
da mi basia mille, deinde centum,
dein mille altera, dein secunda centum,
deinde usque altera mille, deinde centum.
dein, cum milia multa fecerimus,
conturbabimus illa, ne sciamus,
aut ne quis malus inuidere possit,
cum tantum sciat esse basiorum.

let us live, my lesbia, and let us love
and let us count the gossip of over-strict
old men as all worth one penny!
the sun can set and return again;
when our short light has once set
it is one eternal night to be slept through.
give me a thousand kisses, then a hundred,
then another thousand, then a second hundred,
then at once another thousand, then a hundred.
then, when we have made many thousands
we will muddle up the accounts, so we do not know
or so that no evil person can give us the evil eye
when he knows that there are so many kisses.