by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
Translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945)
ψυχὴ δυσδάκρυτε, τί σοι τὸ πεπανθὲν...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ψυχὴ δυσδάκρυτε, τί σοι τὸ πεπανθὲν Ἔρωτος τραῦμα διὰ σπλάγχνων αὖθις ἀναφλέγεται; μή, μή, πρὸς σὲ Διός, μή, πρὸς Διός, ὦ φιλάβουλε, κινήσῃς τέφρῃ πῦρ ὑπολαμπόμενον. αὐτίκα γάρ, λήθαργε κακῶν, πάλιν εἴ σε φυγοῦσαν λήψετ᾽ Ἔρως, εὑρὼν δραπέτιν αἰκίσεται.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title, Epigram 12.80 [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 John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Love's relapses" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-07-25
Line count: 6
Word count: 39
Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's...
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Soul that weepest sore, how is Love's wound that was allayed in thee inflaming through thy heart again! nay, nay, for God's sake, nay for God's sake, O infatuate, stir not the fire that flickers low among the ashes. For soon, O oblivious of thy pains, so sure as Love catches thee in flight, again he will torture his found runaway.
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Confirmed with J. W. Mackail, Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology, from Project Gutenberg.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Love's relapses" [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, Epigram 12.80
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Love's fire", 1922 [ voice and harp or lyre ], from The Garland of Meleager, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-20
Line count: 9
Word count: 61