by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by William Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929)

Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek 
     In the apple boughs the coolness
Murmurs, and the grey leaves flicker
Where sleep wanders.
     In the garden all the hot noon
I await thy fluttering footfall
Through the twilight.

Composition:

    Set to music by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "The apple orchard", 1919, published 1979 [ voice and piano ], revised c1921

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Research team for this page: Martin Jahn , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-01-16
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Word count: 31