Sieben Lieder der Sappho

Song Cycle by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017)

Word count: 67

1. Fragment [sung text not yet checked]

Lelath allonia sean tiradä
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Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Note: this transliteration is the one used in Killmayer's setting. We have not located the original Greek yet.

2. Traumlied [sung text not yet checked]

ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ὄναρ Κυπρογενηα

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Transliteration used in Killmayer's setting: "Za t'elexamän onar"

Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

3. Esper hymaenaon [sung text not yet checked]

Esper hymaenaon
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Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Note: this transliteration is the one used in Killmayer's setting. We have not located the original Greek yet.

4. Asteres [sung text not yet checked]

Ἄστερες μὲν ἀμφὶ κάλαν σελάνναν
ἂψ ἀπυκρύπτοισι φάεννον εἶδος,
ὄπποτα πλήθοισα μάλιστα λάμπῃ
γᾶν [ἐπὶ πᾶσαν] ... 
  ἀργυρία ...

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Willis Barnstone) , copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)
GER German (Deutsch) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 4 D.

Note: the transliteration of the incipit used in Killmayer's setting is: "Asteres men amfi kalan selannan"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

5. Der Apfel [sung text not yet checked]

Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ
ἄκρον ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῳ λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπνεσ,
οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐδύναντ᾽ ἐπίκεσθαι.

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
FRE French (Français) (Pauline Mary Tarn)

Translation of incipit used in Killmayer's setting: "Oion to glykymalon"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

6. Dedyke men a salanna [sung text not yet checked]

Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληίαδες· μέσσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δʹ ἔρχετʹ ὤρα·
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton) , no title
FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)

Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 94 D.

Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

7. Mnasesthai [sung text not yet checked]

μνάσασθαί τινά φαιμι †καὶ ἕτερον† ἀμμέων

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Partial transliteration used in Killmayer's setting: "Mnasesthai tina faim"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]