Cleophantis delays, and for the third time the wick of the lamp begins to droop and rapidly fade

Translation by William Roger Paton (1857 - 1921)

Ληθύνει Κλεόφαντις˙ ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἄρχεται...

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: ITA

Ληθύνει Κλεόφαντις˙ ὁ δὲ τρίτος ἄρχεται ἤδη
   λύχνος ὑποκλάζειν ἦκα μαραινόμενος .

Αἴθε δὲ καὶ κραδίης πυρσὸς συναπέσβεθο λύχνῳ
  μηδέ μ ’ ὑπ ’ ἀγρύπνοις δηρὸν ἔκαιε πόθοις .

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• G. Pritchard

G. Pritchard sets stanza 2

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Text Authorship:

by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80), "Λύχνος", Palatine Anthology, V, 279 [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):

by Gwyn Pritchard (b. 1948), "Luchnos", 2007, first performed 2007, stanza 2 [ 2 sopranos, contralto, tenor, baritone, and bass a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (John (or Jack) William Mackail) , "Waiting"
ENG English (William Roger Paton)
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Lucerna", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-27
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Word count: 29

Cleophantis delays, and for the third...

Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Cleophantis delays, and for the third time the wick of the lamp begins to droop and rapidly fade. 
Would that the flame in my heart would sink with the lamp and did not this long while burn me with sleepless desire. 

Ah! how often she swore to Cytherea to come in the evening, 
but she scruples not to offend men and gods alike.

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

Text Authorship:

by William Roger Paton (1857 - 1921) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80), "Λύχνος", Palatine Anthology, V, 279
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 63