by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)
καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι
Language: Aeolic Greek
Our translations: FRE
καὶ ποθήω καὶ μάομαι ...
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Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) , no title ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) , no title ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton) , no title
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , no title, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Salvatore Quasimodo) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-05
Line count: 1
Word count: 4
I yearn and seek
Language: English after the Aeolic Greek
I yearn and seek ...1
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Bantock here adds: "I know not what to do -/ And I flutter like a child after her mother" (possibly from another fragment)
Text Authorship:
- by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "The moon has set", from Sappho: Prelude and Nine Fragments, no. 5..
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-05
Line count: 1
Word count: 5