by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα
Language: Aeolic Greek
Our translations: SAN
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα μναμοσύνα σέθεν ἔσσετ' οὐδὲ †ποκ'†ὔστερον. οὐ γὰρ πεδέχῃς βρόδων τῶν ἐκ Πιερίας. ἀλλ' ἀφάνης κἠν Ἀίδα δόμῳ φοιτάσεις πεδ' ἀμαύρων νεκύων ἐκπεποταμένα
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Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 58 D.
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)
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 27
Erstorben wirst du liegen Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Aeolic Greek
Erstorben wirst du liegen, Und niemand wird dein denken, Niemand zu allen Zeiten: Denn nie hast du die Rosen Pieriens berühret. Unscheinbar wirst du müssen In Todes Wohnung gehen, Und niemand wird dich anseh'n Im Heer der dunkeln Schatten.
Composition:
- Set to music by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Erstorben wirst du liegen " [ voice and piano ], from Lied der Sappho , no. 6
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 6
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2018-12-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 39