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by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Ληθύνει Κλεόφαντις˙ ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἄρχεται...

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ITA

Ληθύνει Κλεόφαντις˙ ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἄρχεται ἤδη
   λύχνος ὑποκλάζειν ἦκα μαραινόμενος .

Αἴθε δὲ καὶ κραδίης πυρσὸς συναπέσβεθο λύχνῳ
  μηδέ μ ’ ὑπ ’ ἀγρύπνοις δηρὸν ἔκαιε πόθοις .

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• G. Pritchard

G. Pritchard sets stanza 2

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Text Authorship:

by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80), "Λύχνος", Palatine Anthology, V, 279 [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 Gwyn Pritchard (b. 1948), "Luchnos", 2007, first performed 2007, stanza 2 [ 2 sopranos, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (John (or Jack) William Mackail) , "Waiting"
ENG English (William Roger Paton)

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 29

Lucerna

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Ancora non arriva Cleofàntide, e già la terza
lucerna si affioca e lentamente muore.

Potesse con quella spegnersi la fiamma del mio cuore
né più mi ardesse con le sue brame insonni!

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a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80), "Λύχνος", Palatine Anthology, V, 279
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 32