Sieben Lieder der Sappho

Song Cycle by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017)

1. Fragment

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Lelath allonia sean tiradä
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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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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]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
ζὰ δ' ἐλεξάμαν ὄναρ Κυπρογενηα

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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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 page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

3. Esper hymaenaon

Language: Aeolic Greek 
Esper hymaenaon
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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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4. Asteres  [sung text not yet checked]

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

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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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]

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

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title

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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]

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

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title

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


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

7. Mnasesthai  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Aeolic Greek 
μνάσασθαί τινά φαιμι †καὶ ἕτερον† ἀμμέων

Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Total word count: 65