Miserarum est neque amori dare ludum neque dulci mala vino lavere, aut exanimari metuentis patruae verbera linguae. Tibi qualum Cythereae puer ales, tibi telas operosaeque Minervae studium aufert, Neobule, Liparaei nitor Hebri, Simul unctos Tiberinis humeros Lavit in undis, eques ipso melior Bellerophonte, neque pugno, neque segni pede victus, Catus idem per apertum fugientis agitato grege cervos iaculari et celer alto latitantem fruticeto excipere aprum.
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Confirmed with Horace, Carmina recensuit variatate Lectionis, tomus secundus, Leipzig: "F. C. G. Vogelii," 1809. Appears in Liber III, no. 12, pages 146 - 149; and confirmed with Q. Horatii Flacci Opera: The Works of Horace, third edition, volume I, Dublin: McGlashan and Gill, 1856, from Carmen XII, pages 218 - 219.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Ad Neobulen", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 3. Liber III (Book III), no. 12 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Miserarum est", from Cantica latina, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826) , "Neobule an sich selbst" ; composed by Carl Loewe, Otto Taubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, written 1883, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 3. Libro terzo, no. 12
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O wie elend ist ein Mägdlein, das dem Amor sich entziehn muss, Und der Tröstung des Lyäus, da mit Strafred' und Ermahnung Sie der Oheim so in Angst hält! Dir geraubt wird ja der Nähkorb von dem Wildfang Cytherea's, Dir das Webschif und die Arbeit der Minerva, Neobule, Von dem schönen Liparéer: Wann gesalbt er um die Schultern in den Tibris sich hinabtaucht; Er zu Ross flink, wie der Held Bellerofontes und im Faustkampf Und im Wettlauf unbezwingbar! Der behend' auch, wo ein Hirschtrupp in Gewühl stäubt durch das Blachfeld, Mit dem Jagdspiess ihn dahinstreckt, und ein Bergschwein aus dem Dickicht In dem Anstand zu empfahn weiss!
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Confirmed with Des Quintus Horatius Flaccus Werke von Johann Heinrich Voss, erster Band: Oden und Epoden, Heidelberg: bei Mohr und Zimmer, 1806. from Oden, Drittes Buch, song no. 12, pages 183 - 184. Note: modern German spelling would require changing "Webschif" to "Webschiff", etc.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Heinrich Voss (1751 - 1826), "Neobule an sich selbst" [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Ad Neobulen", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 3. Liber III (Book III), no. 12
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Loewe (1796 - 1869), "O wie elend ist ein Mägdlein", op. 57 no. 2 (1836), published 1837 [ vocal quartet for male voices a cappella ], from Fünf Oden des Horaz auf den lateinischen Text mit deutscher Übersetzung von Voss für vier Männerstimmen, no. 2, Berlin, Wagenführ ; note: the opus is erroneously given as 58 in some catalogs [sung text not yet checked]
- by Otto Taubert (1833 - 1903), "Neobule", op. 3, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Köln, Reinhardt [sung text not yet checked]
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