Bridal song (Bantock, set by G. Bantock) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


 O fair, O lovely! As the sweet apple
 blushes on the end of the bough,
 By the gatherers overlook'd,
 Nay, but reach'd not till now.
 The bride comes rejoicing,
 let the bridegroom rejoice.
 No other, O bridegroom, like to her
 O fair, O lovely!

 Raise high the roof beam, Hymenaeus!
 Like Ares comes the bridegroom, Hymenaeus!
 Tow'ring as the Lesbian singer
 'mong men of other lands,
 Happy bridegroom, now is thy wedding come.
 And thou hast the maiden of thy heart's desire.

 Bride, teeming with rosy loves,
 Fair as the Goddess of Paphos,
 Softly sporting, sweet to the bridegroom
 May Hesperus lead thee rejoicing,
 Honouring Hera of the silver throne.
 Hail, bride; hail, noble bridegroom; all hail!
 O fair, O lovely!

Authorship

Helen Maude Francesca Bantock (von Schweizer) (1868-?)

Based on

text

Henry Thornton Wharton (1846-1895)

Based on

text

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)

Sir Granville Ransome Bantock (1868-1946)

Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments

Set in English, a translation of James Stephens (1882-1950) ENG

Harry R. Spier (1888-1952)

Date added to the website: 2003-12-01.

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