Bar Flies

You and your companions of the lustful tavern,
the capped brothers of the ninth pillar,
Do you think that you alone have penises?
Do you think thatyou alone can have sex with whichever girl and call the others he-goats?
Or, because you fools sit in an unbroken line of 100 (or 200 perhaps?)
do you not think that I will dare to rape orally one or two hundred loungers?
Moreover you should think: for I will draw dicks on the front of the whole tavern for you
For my girl, whom has fled my embrace
whom I have loved as no other has loved
for whom great wars were fought by me,
has climbed to those I just mentioned.
all of you fine and well to do men love her, and indeed, which is undeserved, all of the small time louts and alleyway sex maniacs,
you are beyond the longhaired rabbit son of Celtiberae
Egnati, whose dark beard is good and makes teeth scoured in Spanish urine.

Putatis- 2nd person plural present active indicative of the word "putare"; meaning "to think"
Confutuere- 2nd person singular present passive subjunctive of the word "confutuare" meaning "to have sex with"
Fecit- 3rd person singular present active indicative of the word "Facere" meaning "to build"
Est- 3rd person singular present active indicative of the word "esse" meaning "to be"
Consedit- 3rd person singular perfect active indicative from the word "considere" meaning "to sit down"

Catullus' poem 37 cannot be simply categorized as a poem of insult, comedy, or the irony of love and life because it contains all of those elements. Rather, Catullus uses all of those elements to effectively express his dissatisfaction with the "womanizer" attitudes of the young aristocrats that hung out in the tavern. However, did Catullus really write this poem because he was annoyed with the arrogant attitudes of the "barflies"? That is part of it, but two basic human emotions are underlying themes in this poem: insecurity and jealously.
Catullus is not jealous of the "barflies" for their womanizing capabilities. He says "non putatis ausurum me una ducentos irrumare sessores?" which expresses that he is confident that he is more capable than them in getting the ladies. However, sometimes why someone said something is more important than what they said. Catullus writes that to tell the "barflies" that their promiscuous sex lives are no more impressive than the sex life of a he-goat. He uses the devices of comedy and insult to further express his opinion.confutuere et putare ceteros hircos"