Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt | Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957)

Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ENG

Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt
und wühlt in den Eichen,
so schüttelt Eros mich wieder,
kampflos die Glieder mir lösend.
Heimlich kam er zuerst,
umfing mich schmeichelnd,
ach, und ward dann
Bringer so bitterer Wonnen.

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Text Authorship:

by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), "Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt", op. 57 no. 1, published 1948 [ medium voice (female voice), viola, and piano ], from Fünf antike Oden nach Gedichten von Sappho, no. 1, Edition Schott 3674 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, adapted by Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) , no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 31 [an adaptation] ; composed by Undine Smith Moore.
Also set in English, [adaptation] ; composed by Alan Hovhaness.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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