Sappho Fragments

Song Cycle by Carol Barnett (b. 1949)

Score: Carol Barnett (external link)

1. Tell everyone
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Tell everyone
Now, today, I shall
sing beautifully
for my friends’ pleasure.

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Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho: A New Translation, University of California, 2019


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2. Cicada
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Rubbing its wings incessantly,
a cicada pours flaming summer
over the earth
in luminous song.

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  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Carol Barnett adapted the translation of Barnstone
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3. Whirlwind
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Like a mountain whirlwind
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4. Midnight
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Tonight I’ve watched
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5. Evening Star
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Hesperos, you bring home all the bright dawn scattered,
bring home the sheep
bring home the goat, bring the child
home to its mother.

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In: Sappho, Sappho Poems: A New Version, translated by Willis Barnstone, Green Integer Books, 1998


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Total word count: 86