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Le lune di Saffo

Song Cycle by Andrea Ferrante (b. 1968)

Score: IMSLP (external link)

1. Plenilunio
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Gli astri d'intorno alla leggiadra luna
nascondono l'immagine lucente,
quando piena più risplende, bianca
sopra la terra.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Based on:

  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

2. Tramontata è la luna
 (Sung text)

Language: Italian (Italiano) 
E' tramontata la luna,
e le Pleiadi;
e la notte è a metà,
e il tempo trapassa,
e io riposo in solitudine.
E mi prende un desiderio di morire,
e di vedere le rive dell'Acheronte
coperte di rugiada, fiorite di loto.

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 58
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