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Rosen brach ich nachts mir am dunklen Hage; Süßer hauchten Duft sie als je am Tage; Doch verstreuten reich die bewegten Äste Tau, der mich näßte. Auch der Küsse Duft mich wie nie berückte, Die ich nachts vom Strauch deiner Lippen pflückte: Doch auch dir, bewegt im Gemüt gleich jenen, Tauten die Tränen.
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- by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Gereimte sapphische Ode", appears in Gedichte und Übersetzungen, in In antiker Form, Offenbach, no date [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Sapphische Ode", op. 94 (Fünf Lieder für 1 tiefe Stimme -- für 1 hohe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4 (1884), published 1884 [ low voice or high voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
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- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Peter Low) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Ode saffica", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 53
Rose ho colto, di notte, dal cespuglio oscuro; più che di giorno esalavano profumo; e i rami scossi sparsero rugiada, e mi ritrovai tutta inzuppata. Anche il profumo dei baci mi ha sedotto Che dal cespuglio delle tue labbra ho raccolto: ed anche da te, nell'animo turbata, più di una lacrima è caduta.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hans Schmidt (1854 - 1923), "Gereimte sapphische Ode", appears in Gedichte und Übersetzungen, in In antiker Form, Offenbach, no date
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 53