Πλέξω λευκόιον, πλέξω δ᾽ ἁπαλὴν ἅμα μύρτοις νάρκισσον, πλέξω καὶ τὰ γελῶντα κρίνα, πλέξω καὶ κρόκον ἡδὺν ἐπιπλέξω δ᾽ ὑάκινθον πορφυρέην, πλέξω καὶ φιλέραστα ῥόδα, ὡς ἂν ἐπὶ κροτάφοις μυροβοστρύχου Ἡλιοδώρας εὐπλόκαμον χαίτην ἀνθοβολῇ στέφανος.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London. William Heinemann Ltd., 1916.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), 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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- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Love's garland" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Derek Healey.
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- Also set in English, a translation by William Money Hardinge (1854 - 1916) , no title ; composed by Imogen Clare Holst.
- Also set in English, a translation by Dudley Fitts (1903 - 1968) ; composed by Geoffrey Bush.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title ; composed by Charles-Gaston Levadé.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (William Roger Paton)
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Je tresserai la giroflée blanche, je tresserai le tendre narcisse avec les myrthes, je tresserai les lys [riants]1, je tresserai le doux safran, [et]2 encor l'hyacinthe pourpré, [et]2 aussi les roses chères à l'amour ; afin que, sur les tempes embaumées d'Héliodora, la couronne émaille de ses fleurs les belles boucles de sa chevelure.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Anthologie grecque traduite sur le texte publié d'après le manuscrit palatin par Fr[iedrich] Jacobs, no French translator listed, Volume 1, Paris, Hachette, 1863, page 39.
1 Levadé: "joyeux"2 omitted by Levadé
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Charles-Gaston Levadé (1869 - 1948), "Je tresserai la giroflée blanche" [ voice and piano ], from L'amour d'Héliodora, silhouettes grecques sur des traductions de poèmes anciens tirés de l'Anthologie Grecque, no. 4, Paris, Éd. Enoch & Cie.; confirmed with La Musique pendant la guerre: revue musicale mensuelle, directeur gérant Charles Hayet ; secrétaire général Francis Casadesus ; administrateur Ernest Brodier, June 17 1917, page 209 [sung text checked 1 time]
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