Of course I love you | Of course I love you

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), as Σαπφώ

Translation © by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001)

ἀλλ’ ἔων φίλος ἄμμι

Language: Aeolic Greek

ἀλλ’ ἔων φίλος ἄμμι
λέχος ἄρνυσο νεώτερον·
οὐ γὰρ τλάσομ’ ἔγω συνοί-
κην ἔοισα γεραιτέρα

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by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), as Σαπφώ, no title, appears in Fragments, no. 121 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , "Of course I love you", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 72, copyright © ; composed by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe.
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ENG English (Mary Barnard) , "Of course I love you", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 72, copyright ©

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Word count: 15

Of course I love you

Language: English after the Aeolic Greek

Of course I love you
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Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Sappho; A New Translation, Berkeley : University of California Press, 2019

Text Authorship:

by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), "Of course I love you", appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 72, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), as Σαπφώ, no title, appears in Fragments, no. 121
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Irreveries from Sappho", 1981 [ mezzo-soprano or soprano or SSA trio with piano ]
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 27