Ἕμπνε: Πὰν λαροῖσιν ὀρειβάτα χείλεσι μοῦσαν, ἕμπνει ποιμενίῳ τερπόμενος δόναχι, Εὐχελάδῳ σύριγγι χέων μέλος, ἐχ δὲ συνῳδοῦ χλάζε χατιθύνων ῥήματος ἁρμονίην Ἀμφὶ δὲ σοὶ, ῥυθμοῖο χατὰ χρότον, ἔνθεον ἴχνοσ ῥησσέσθω Νύμφαις ταῖσδε μεθυδριάσιν.
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Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 188.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Alcaeus of Messene (flourished between 219 and 196 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945) , "Pan's Piping" ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 33
Breathe music, O Pan that goest on the mountains, with thy sweet lips, breathe delight into thy pastoral reed, pouring song from the musical pipe, and make the melody sound in tune with the choral words; and about thee to the pulse of the rhythm let the inspired foot of these water-nymphs keep falling free.
Confirmed with Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology edited with a revised text, introduction, translation, and notes by J. W. Mackail, fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, London, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890, page 188. Note: this is a prose translation. We have added line-breaks to make it line up with the original.
Text Authorship:
- by John (or Jack) William Mackail (1859 - 1945), "Pan's Piping" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Alcaeus of Messene (flourished between 219 and 196 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 Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir (1868 - 1946), "Pan's Piping", published 1923 [ voice and flute ], from Three Songs from the Greek Anthology, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-04-21
Line count: 6
Word count: 55