κούρη τίς μ᾽ ἐφίλησεν ὑφέσπερα χείλεσιν ὑγροῖς. νέκταρἔην τὸ φίλημα: τὸ γὰρ στόμα νέκταρος ἔπνει: καὶ μεθύω τὸ φίλημα, πολὺν τὸν ἔρωτα πεπωκώς.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1916. Anonymous epigram no. 305.
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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles-Gaston Levadé.
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L'autre jour, sur le soir, une jeune fille m'a donné un baiser humide Ce baiser sentait le nectar, car de nectar sa bouche était pleine ; et maintenant je suis ivre d'amour, ayant bu trop d'amour dans ce baiser...
Confirmed with Anthologie grecque traduite sur le texte publié d'après le manuscrit palatin par Fr[iedrich] Jacobs, no French translator listed, Volume 1, Paris, Hachette, 1863, page 68.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles-Gaston Levadé (1869 - 1948), "Un soir, une jeune fille m'a donné un baiser" [ voice and piano ], from L'amour d'Héliodora, silhouettes grecques sur des traductions de poèmes anciens tirés de l'Anthologie Grecque, no. 1, Paris, Éd. Enoch & Cie.; confirmed with La Musique pendant la guerre: revue musicale mensuelle, directeur gérant Charles Hayet ; secrétaire général Francis Casadesus ; administrateur Ernest Brodier, June 17 1917, page 209 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-15
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