by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949)
Plach po Adonisu
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Aeolic Greek
Chto, Kiprida, tvorit',
Nam povelish'?
Niknet Adónis,
Nezhnyj Adónis!
«Bejte v persi, vzrydav,
Devy, po nem!
Rvite khitony!
Umer Adónis!»...
Plashchanicej l'njanoj
Ty povila
Telo, boginja!..
O, moj Adónis!
Confirmed with Сапфо и Алкей, Харьков "Фолио", 2008, page 33.
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Text Authorship:
- by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949), "Плач по Адонису", appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 - 1966), "Плач по Адонису", 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Греческие песни на тексты из Сафо в переводе Вяч. Иванова (Grecheskije pesni na teksty iz Safo, v perevode Vjacheslava Ivanova), no. 1, Петроград / Москва (Petrograd / Moscow), Государственное музыкальное издательство (Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo ) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) , copyright © ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
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