by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (1840 - 1895)
Θεός μου φαίνεται στ΄ αλήθεια εμένα...
Language: Aeolic Greek
Θεός μου φαίνεται στ΄ αλήθεια εμένα κείνος ο άντρας που κάθεται αντίκρυ σου κι από κοντά τη γλύκα της φωνής σου απολαμβάνει και το γέλιο σου αχ που ξελογιάζει και που λιώνει στο στήθος την καρδιά μου σου τ΄ ορκίζομαι" γιατί μόλις που πάω να σε κοιτάξω νιώθω ξάφνου μου κόβεται η μιλιά μου μες στο στόμα η γλώσσα μου στεγνώνει" πυρετός κρυφός με σιγοκαίει κι ούτε βλέπω τίποτα ούτε ακούω μα βουίζουν τ΄ αυτιά μου κι ένας κρύος ιδρώτας το κορμί μου περιχάει" τρέμω σύγκορμη αχ και πρασινίζω σαν το χόρτο και λέω πώς λίγο ακόμη" λίγο ακόμη και πάει θα ξεψυχήσω.
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- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (1840 - 1895) , no title ; composed by Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze.
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Blazhenstvom raven tot bogam
Language: Russian (Русский) after the Aeolic Greek
Blazhenstvom raven tot bogam, Kto bliz tebya sidit, vnimaya Tvoim charuyushhim recham, I vidit, kak v istome taya, Iz e`tix ust k ego ustam Letit uly'bka molodaya. I kazhdy'j raz, kak tol`ko ya S toboj sojdus`, ot nezhnoj vstrechi Trepeshhet vdrug dusha moya I na ustax nemeyut rechi, I chuvstvo ostroe lyubvi By'strej po zhilam probegaet, I zvon v ushax… i bunt v krovi… I pot xolodny'j prostupaet… A telo, — telo vse drozhit… Czvetka poblekshego blednee Moj istomlyonny'j strast`yu vid… YA bezdy'xanna… i, nemeya, V glazax, ya chuyu, merknet svet… Glyazhu, ne vidya… sil uzh net… I zhdu v bespamyatstve… i znayu — Vot, vot umru… vot umirayu.
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Text Authorship:
- by Vsevolod Vladimirovich Krestovsky (1840 - 1895), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 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 Aleksandr Solomonovich Razmadze (1845 - 1896), "Блаженством равен тот богам" [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-23
Line count: 22
Word count: 109