Vesper | In the ravaged chapel

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by Georgios Drossinis (1859 - 1951)

Translation © by Athanasios Papaisiou

Εσπερινός

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG

Στο ρημαγμένο παρεκκλήσι
της Άνοιξης το θείο κοντύλι
εικόνες έχει ζωγραφίσει
με τ' αγριολούλουδα τ'Απρίλη.

Ό ήλιος, γέρνοντας στη δύση,
μπροστά στου ιερού την πύλη
μπαίνει δειλά να προσκυνήση
κι ανάφτει υπέρλαμπρο καντήλι.

Σκορπάει γλυκειά μοσκοβολιά
δάφνη στον τοίχο ριζωμένη -
θυμίαμα που καίει η Πίστις -

και μια χελιδονοφωλιά,
ψηλά στο νάρθηκα χτισμένη,
ψάλλει το Δόξα εν Υψίστοις...

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Text Authorship:

by Georgios Drossinis (1859 - 1951), "Εσπερινός" [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):

by Michael 'Mikis' Theodorakis (b. 1925), "Εσπερινός" [chorus] [
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by Vasilis Theofanous (1895 - 1984), "Εσπερινός", published 1953 [voice and piano], Thessaloniki, Pantotyp (handwritten edition by Ηλίας Ρωμαίος -Ilias Romeos-) [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Athanasios Papaisiou) , title 1: "Vesper", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Athanasios Papaisiou

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 57

Vesper

Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

In the ravaged chapel
Spring's divine slate pencil 
has painted images 
with April's wildflowers. 

The sun, setting
in front of the temple gate, 
enters shyly to worship 
and lights a radiant candle.

A laurel rooted on the wall
scatters a sweet aroma -
incense offered by Faith -

and a swallow's nest, 
built up in the narthex, 
chants Gloria in Excelsis...

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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 59