Oh most eloquent of the descendants of Romulus,
however many there are and have been, Marcus Tullius,
and as many as there will be later in other years,
Catullus, the worst poet of them all,
shows his highest appreciation,
[he who is] just as much the worst poet of them all,
as you are the greatest patron of them all.

Disertissime Rōmulī nepōtum,
quot sunt quotque fuēre, Mārce Tullī,
quotque post aliīs erunt in annīs,
grātiās tibi maximās Catullus
agit pessimus omnium poēta,
tantō pessimus omnium poēta,
quantō tū optimus omnium patrōnus.

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