by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE)
Translation © by Richard Wilbur (1921 - 2017)
Est domus in terris, clara quae voce...
Language: Latin
Est domus in terris, clara quae voce resultat. Ipsa domus resonat, tacitus sed non sonat hospes. Ambo tamen currunt, hospes simul et domus una.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata, no. 12 [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.
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-11-18
Line count: 3
Word count: 24
River and Fish
Language: English after the Latin
Sweet purlings in an earth-walled inn resound [ ... ]
This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.
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. 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 Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "River and Fish", 1964, first performed 1964 [ voice and piano ], from Eight Riddles from Symphosius, no. 6, 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: 22