by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Constantine Athanasius Trypanis (1909 - 1993)
Φαίνεταί μοι κῆνοσ ἴͅσοσ θέοισιν
Language: Aeolic Greek
[ ... ] ἀλλ’ ἄκαν μὲν γλῶσσα μ’ ἔαγε, λέπτον β’ αὔτικα χρῶι πῦρ ὐπαδεδρόμακεν, ὀππάτεσσι δ’ οὐδὲν ὄρημμ’, ἐπιβρό‑ μεισι δ’ ἄκουαι, κὰδ δέ μ’ ἴδρωσ κακχέεται, τρόμοσ βὲ λαῖσαν ἄγρει, χλωροτέρα βὲ ποίασ ἔμμι, τεθνάκην δ’ ὀλίγω ’πιδεύησ [ ... ]
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- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "À une femme aimée"
- FRE French (Français) (Pauline Mary Tarn) , "Ode à une Femme aimée", first published 1903
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , copyright ©
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Voodoo Child See original
Language: English after the Aeolic Greek
Equal of the gods seems to me that man [ ... ]
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- Set to music by Liza Lim (b. 1966), "Voodoo Child", 1989, first performed 1990, stanzas 3, 4 (lines 1-3) [ soprano and instrumental ensemble ]
Text Authorship:
- by Constantine Athanasius Trypanis (1909 - 1993), "To a Young Girl", copyright ©
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