To Bathylle | By the shade, Bathylle

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by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation © by Kairui (Kerry) Zhou

Εις Βάθυλλον

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG

Παρά την σκιήν, Βάθυλλε,
κάθισον· καλόν το δένδρον,
απαλάς σείει δε χαίτας
μαλακωτάτω κλαδίσκω.

Παρά δ' αυτώ ερεθίζει
πηγή ρέουσα Πειθούς.
Τις αν ουν ορών παρέλθοι
καταγώγιον τοιούτο;

(Monotonic Greek version)

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Text Authorship:

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις Βάθυλλον", appears in Odes, no. 22 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Constant Poyard (1826 - 1909) , "Ode XXII (22) : À Bathylle (Anacréon)", first published 1908 ; composed by Francisque Bois.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eduard Mörike (1804 - 1875) , "Ruheplatz", appears in Anakreontische Lieder, no. 5 ; composed by Othmar Schoeck.
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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Paolo Antonio Rolli (1687 - 1765) , "Oda XXII" [an adaptation] ; composed by Maurice Greene.
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ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , "To Bathylle", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Athanasios Papaisiou

This text was added to the website: 2014-08-31
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Word count: 28

To Bathylle

Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

By the shade, Bathylle,
Sit down; lovely is the tree,
It softly rustles its branches,
Gently swaying its softest twigs.

Beside it, a flowing spring
Stimulates the Persuasion.
Who, then, upon seeing this,
Would pass on such a bower?

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις Βάθυλλον", appears in Odes, no. 22
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 39