by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949)
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Aeolic Greek
Я негу люблю. Юность люблю, Радость люблю И солнце. Жребий мой — быть В солнечный свет И в красоту Влюбленной.
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Note on TransliterationsComposition:
- Set to music by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (1902 - 1963), "Я негу люблю", op. 5 no. 1 (1922-23) [ voice and piano ], from Пять отрывков из Сафо, в переводе Вячеслава Иванова (Pjat' otryvkov iz Safo, v perevode Vjaheslava Ivanova) = Five excerpts from Sappho, translated by Vyacheslav Ivanov, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949), no title, appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej), in Эротический отрывки (Eroticheski otryvki) [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-11-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 20