by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Εις εαυτον
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Our translations:  ENG
Ἐπειδὴ βροτὸσ ἐτύχθην
βιότου τρίβον ὁβεύειν,
χρόνον ἔγνων, δν παρῆλθον,
δν δ ̓ ἔχω δραμεῖν, οὐχ οἴδα.
Μέθετ ̓ οὔν με φροντίδεσ δή,
μηδε’ν μοι χαὶ ὑμῖν ἔστω.
Πρὶν ἐμὲ φθάσῃ τὸ τέλοσ,
παίξω, γελάσω, χορεύσω,
μετὰτοῦ χαλοῦ Λυαίου.

See also Ronsard's Imitation d'Anacreon.


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Text Authorship:

  • by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 24

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Lawrence Sisk) , "On himself", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 39

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
Weil ich sterblich bin geboren,
Um den Lebensweg zu wandern:
Kann ich zwar die Bahn bestimmen,
Die ich schon durchlaufen habe,
Aber nicht, wieviel mir übrig.
Nun so laßt mich denn, ihr Sorgen,
Nichts hab' ich mit euch zu schaffen!
Scherzen, lachen, tanzen will ich
Mit dem schönen Gott der Reben,
Eh' der Tod mich überraschet.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "An sich selbst"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (John H. Campbell) , "To thyself", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "A sé stesso", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 56