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by Rufinus (flourished 3rd or 4th century CE)

pémpō soi, Ῥodókleia, tóde stéfos,...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
pémpō soi, Ῥodókleia, tóde stéfos, ἄnthesi kaloῖs
aὐtὸs ὑf᾽ ἡmetérais plexámenos palámais.
ἔsti krínon, ῥodéī te kályx, noterὴ t᾽ ἀnemṓnī,
kaὶ nárkissos ὑgrós, kaὶ kyanaygὲs ἴon.
taῦta stepsaménī, lῆxon megálaychos ἐoῦsa:
ἀntheῖs kaὶ lī́geis kaὶ sὺ kaὶ ὁ stéfanos. 

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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916, no. 74.

Modern Greek:
Σού στέλνω αυτό, Ροδόκλεια, τό στεφάνι, 
μ’ ωραία λουλούδια ο ίδιος τό ’χω πλέξει.
Είν’ από κρίνα καί μπουμπούκια ρόδου καί δροσερή ανεμώνα, 
κι έχει ακόμα καί νάρκισσο τό λυγερό καί τέλος βιολέττα μέ γαλάζιο σκούρο χρώμα•
Μ’ αυτά στολίσου κι άλλο μή καυχιέσαι. 
Τι ανθείς τώρα κι εσύ καί τό στεφάνι αλλά κι εσύ κι αυτό θά μαραθείτε.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Rufinus (flourished 3rd or 4th century CE), no title [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):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Andrew Lang (1844 - 1912) , "Golden Eyes" ; composed by Amy Elise Horrocks.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Jane Minot Sedgwick , "Epigram", appears in Songs from the Greek ; composed by Liza Lehmann.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles-Gaston Levadé.
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  • FRE French (Français) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , no title


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-15
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Word count: 39

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