Πολιοὶ μὲν ἡμὶν ἤδη κρόταφοι κάρη τε λευκόν, χαρίεσσα δ' οὐκέτ' ἥβη πάρα, γηραλέοι δ' ὀδόντες, γλυκεροῦ δ' οὐκέτι πολλὸς βιότου χρόνος λέλειπται• διὰ ταῦτ' ἀνασταλύζω θαμὰ Τάρταρον δεδοικώς• Ἀίδεω γάρ ἐστι δεινὸς μυχός, ἀργαλῆ δ' ἐς αὐτὸν κάτοδος• καὶ γὰρ ἑτοῖμον καταβάντι μὴ ἀναβῆναι.
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- by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), no title, appears in Odes, no. 56 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) , "Ода LVI", written 1835 ; composed by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov.
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- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Поредели, побелели Кудри, честь главы моей, Зубы в деснах ослабели, И потух огонь очей. Сладкой жизни мне не много Провожать осталось дней: Парка счет ведет им строго, Тартар тени ждёт моей. [Не воскреснем из-под спуда, Всяк навеки там забыт: Вход туда для всех открыт — Нет исхода уж оттуда.]1
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View original text (without footnotes)Note: this poem was not published in Pushkin's lifetime. The publisher chose to use the final four lines above, but the manuscript also has another version of the last four lines. See note 1 below.
1 Sviridov and Pushkin's manuscript:Страшен хлад подземна свода, Вход в него для всех открыт, Из него же нет исхода – Всяк сойдет — и там забыт.
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Note on TransliterationsText Authorship:
- by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), "Ода LVI", written 1835 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Старость" [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-08-27
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Word count: 49