Der Apfel

Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ
ἄκρον ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῳ λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπνεσ,
οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐδύναντ᾽ ἐπίκεσθαι.

Translation(s): ENG ENG FRE

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Translation of incipit used in Killmayer's setting: "Oion to glykymalon"

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Authorship

• by Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE) [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Apfel", 1993-5, first performed 1995 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Sieben Lieder der Sappho, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not verified ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, adapted by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] FRE by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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• Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Sweet apple", appears in Here are Ladies, first published 1913 [an adaptation] FRE by Harry R. Spier.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
• FRE French (Français) (Pauline Mary Tarn)

Text added to the website: 2012-02-20.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:01
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Telle une douce pomme rougit à...

Telle une douce pomme rougit à l'extrémité
de la branche, à l'extrémité lointaine :
les cueilleurs de fruits l'ont oubliée ou, plutôt,
ils ne l'ont pas oubliée, mais ils n'ont pu l'atteindre.

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Authorship

• by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (fl. c610-c580 BCE) ENG ENG
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Wilhelm Killmayer. Go to the text.

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Text added to the website: 2012-02-23.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:04:47
Line count: 4
Word count: 32