Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα (Sappho) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληίαδες· μέσσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δʹ ἔρχετʹ ὤρα·
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω

... ...

Ἔρος δ’ ἐτίναξέ  μοι
φρένας, ὠς ἄνεμος  κατ’ ὄρος  δρύσιν  ἐμπέτων.

Ἔρος δηὖτέ  μ’ ὀ  λυσιμέλης δόνει
γλυκύπικρον  ἀμάχανον  ὄρπετον,

… … …

… … ἦρ’  ἔτι  παρθενίας  ἐπιβάλλομαι;

μήτ’  ἔμοι μέλι μήτε μέλισσα … …
… …
καὶ  ποθήω καὶ  μάωμαι

Input by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Authorship

Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

[ None yet in the database ]

Set in Italian, a translation of Salvatore Quasimodo (1901-1968) ITA GER

Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003)

Due liriche di Saffo

Set in English, adapted by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?) ENG ITA GER

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments

Set in German, a translation of Walter Jens (1923-) ITA GER

Aribert Reimann (1936-)

Drei Gedichte der Sappho

Set in German, a translation of Rudolf Bach ITA GER [text unavailable]

Hermann Reutter (1900-1985)

Fünf antike Oden nach Gedichten von Sappho

Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):

ENG

English

Date added to the website: 2007-11-29.

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