by Dionysios Solomos (1798 - 1857)
To oneiro
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Our translations: GER
Aku en’ oneiro psychē mu kai tēs omorphias thea. Mu ephainotun opōs ēmun met’ esena mia nychtia. S’ ena ōraio peribolaki perpatoysame mazi. Ola elampane t’ asteria kai ta koitazes esy. Egō tsolea: Peste, asteria, ein’ kanen’ apo t’ esas, pu na lampei apo ’kei apanu san ta matia tēs kyras? Peste an eidete pote sas s’ allē tetoia ōraia mallia, tetoio cheri, tetoio podi, tetoia angelikē thōria? Tetoio sōma ōraion op’ opoios to koitazei euthys rōta: An ein’ angelos ekeinos, pōs den echei ta phtera? O,ti eipa auta ta logia, mu ephanēkane ompros alles kores stolismenes me tu phengarioy to phōs. Echoreyane piasmenes apta cheria ta leuka, ki oles tus epolemoysan na mu parun tēn kardia. Tote akusa to cheili to diko su na mu pē: Pōs su phainontai? Kai soypa: Einai askēmes poly. Esy ekames etotes gelio toso angeliko, pu mu phanēke pōs eida anoichto ton urano. Kai paramera s’ epēra eise mia trantaphyllia ki epesa su agali agali stēn ololeukē ankalia. Kathe philēma psychē mu opu modines glyka, exephytrōne allo rodo apo tēn trantaphyllia. Olē nychta exephytrōsan, ōs opoylampsen ē augē, pu mas ēyre kai tus dyo mas me tēn opsē mas chlōmē. Toyto ein’ t’ oneiro psychē mu. Tōra steketai eis ese, na to kameis n’ alēthepsei kai na thymētheis gia me.
M. Hadjidakis sets stanzas 1-4, 9-13
Confirmed with Διονύσιου Σολωμού, Άπαντα, τόμος πρώτος: Ποιήματα, επιμέλεια-σημειώσεις Λίνου Πολίτη, Αθήνα: Ίκαρος, 1993 (6th reprint of 1948 edition) pages 51-53
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Text Authorship:
- by Dionysios Solomos (1798 - 1857), "Το όνειρο" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Manos Hadjidakis (1925 - 1994), "Το όνειρο", 1972, stanzas 1-4,9-13 [voice and orchestra], from Μεγάλος Ερωτικός (Great Erotic Cycle) [ sung text not verified ]
- by Nikolaos Halikiopoulos Mantzaros (1795 - 1872), "Το όνειρο" [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Der Traum", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Christakis Poumbouris
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-03
Line count: 52
Word count: 216