by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE)
Translation © by Richard Wilbur (1921 - 2017)
Plus ego sustinui quam corpus debuit...
Language: Latin
Plus ego sustinui quam corpus debuit unum; Tres animas habui, quas omnes intus alebam; Abscessere duae, sed tertia paene peregit.
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Text Authorship:
- by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata, no. 92 [author's text not yet checked 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Richard Wilbur (b. 1921) , copyright © ; composed by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-18
Line count: 3
Word count: 20
Mother of Twins
Language: English after the Latin
I have borne more than a body ought to bear [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Richard Wilbur (1921 - 2017), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata, no. 92
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Mother of Twins", 1964, first performed 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Riddles from Symphosius, no. 2, confirmed with composer's website [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-18
Line count: 3
Word count: 28