by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Εις εαυτον
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ἐπειδὴ βροτὸσ ἐτύχθην βιότου τρίβον ὁβεύειν, χρόνον ἔγνων, δν παρῆλθον, δν δ ̓ ἔχω δραμεῖν, οὐχ οἴδα. Μέθετ ̓ οὔν με φροντίδεσ δή, μηδε’ν μοι χαὶ ὑμῖν ἔστω. Πρὶν ἐμὲ φθάσῃ τὸ τέλοσ, παίξω, γελάσω, χορεύσω, μετὰτοῦ χαλοῦ Λυαίου.
See also Ronsard's Imitation d'Anacreon.
Show a transliteration: DIN | ISO 843
Note on TransliterationsAuthorship:
- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 24 [author's text not yet checked 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):
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "Εις εαυτον", 1815?, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Rémy Belleau (1527/8 - 1577) , "De vivre gayement" ; composed by Jacques-Michel Zoubaloff.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "An sich selbst" ; composed by Carl Loewe.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Lawrence Sisk) , "On himself", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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