How Many Kisses? - Catullus

Question 1

quaeris, quot mihi basiationes
tuae, Lesbia, sunt satis superque.

Answer 1

You ask for me how many kisses of yours, Lesbia, are enough and more than enough.

Question 2

quam magnus numerus Libyssae harenae
lasarpiciferis iacet Cyrenis
oraculum Iovis inter aestuosi
et Batti veteris sacrum sepulcrum;

Answer 2

As great a number as grains of Libyan sand that lie in silphium-producing Cyrene, between the oracle of sultry Jupiter and the sacred tomb of ancient Battus;

Question 3

aut quam sidera multa, cum tacet nox,
furtivos hominum vident amores:

Answer 3

Or as many as the stars, when the night is silent, which see the secret love-affairs of men:

Question 4

tam te basia multa basiare
vesano satis et super Catullo est,
quae nec pernumerare curiosi
possint nec mala fascinare lingua.

Answer 4

That’s how many kisses to kiss you with is enough and more than enough for crazed Catullus, so that neither can prying people count them up, nor can a malicious tongue bewitch them.