Cinque Frammenti di Saffo

Song Cycle by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975)

Word count: 84

English translation: Five Fragments by Sappho

1. Vespro, tutto riporti [sung text checked 1 time]

Vespro, tutto riporti
Quanto disperse la lucente aurora;
Riporti la pecora, riporti la capra,
Riporti il figlio alla madre.

Authorship

by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς"

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ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Evening", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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2. O mia Gongila [sung text checked 1 time]

O mia Gongila, ti prego
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by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "κέλομαί σε"

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ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "O my Gongola", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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3. Muore il tenero Adone [sung text checked 1 time]

Muore il tenero Adone, o Citerea
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Authorship

by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος"

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ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "Tender Adonis is dying", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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4. Piena splendeva la luna

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Piena splendeva la luna
Quando presso l'altare si fermarono.

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by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title

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ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "The moon shone at the full", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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E le Cretesi con armonia sui piedi leggeri cominciarono,
Spensierate, a girare intorno all'ara
Sulla tenera erba appena nata.

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by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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5. Io lungamente [sung text checked 1 time]

Io lungamente ho parlato in sogno con Afrodite.

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by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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