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

Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek 
There is a medlar tree
Growing in front of my lover's house,
And there all day
The wind makes a pleasant sound.

And when the evening comes,
We sit there together in the dusk,
And watch the stars
Appear in the quiet blue.

Composition:

    Set to music by John Burge (b. 1961), "There is a medlar tree", 1983

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