Epigram | Fill up my cup, saying always the name of my Heliodora

by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)

Translation by Jane Minot Sedgwick (b. 1859)

ἔγχει τᾶς Πειθοῦς καὶ Κύπριδος Ἡλιοδώρας

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

ἔγχει τᾶς Πειθοῦς καὶ Κύπριδος Ἡλιοδώρας,
καὶ πάλι τᾶς αὐτᾶς ἁδυλόγω Χάριτος.
αὐτὰ γὰρ μί᾽ ἐμοὶ γράφεται θεός, ἇς τὸ ποθεινὸν
οὔνομ᾽ ἐν ἀκρήτῳ συγκεράσας πίομαι.

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Confiremd with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 1.

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by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Jane Minot Sedgwick (b. 1859) , "Epigram", appears in Songs from the Greek ; composed by Liza Lehmann.

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Fill up my cup, saying always the name...

Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Fill up my cup, saying always the name of my Heliodora; 
Say it and with pure wine mix the sweet name I adore. 
Bring me out yesterday's garland that still with sweet odors is dripping; 
Wreathe it around my brow, cherished reminder of her.
See the red rose ever dear to the heart of the lover, is weeping, 
Knowing her far from me, far from my tender embrace.

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Confirmed with Songs from the Greek. Translated by Jane Minot Sedgwick, New York: George H. Richmond & Co., 1896, page .

Text Authorship:

by Jane Minot Sedgwick (b. 1859), "Epigram", appears in Songs from the Greek [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title
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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 Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "Fill up my cup", published 1901 [ voice and piano ], from Cameos : Five Greek Love-Songs, no. 2, London : Enoch & Sons [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-08-14
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Word count: 68