Persicos odi, puer, adparatus, displicent nexae philyra coronae, mitte sectari, rosa quo locorum sera moretur. simplici myrto nihil adlabores sedulus curo: neque te ministrum dedecet myrtus neque me sub arta vite bibentem
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Ad puerum", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 38 [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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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "À un enfant", appears in Œuvres de Horace, first published 1873 ; composed by Marcel Trémois.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 38
- POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Pachołka", first published 1916
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Word count: 32
Odio, fanciullo, persici apparati;
Serti non amo d’intessuto tiglio;
Di spíar lascia dove mai la tarda
Rosa languisca.
Non vuo’ che al mirto semplice ti affanni
D’aggiunger altro: non a te, coppiere,
Disdice il mirto, nè a me bere all’ombra
Di folta vite.
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Confirmed with Opere di Mario Rapisardi, Ordinate e corrette da esso. Volume V. Le odi di Orazio. L'Empedocle. Il Prometeo di Shelley, Catania, Niccolò Giannotta, 1897.
Text Authorship:
- by Mario Rapisardi (1844 - 1912), no title, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 38 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Ad puerum", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 38
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 43