Vespro, tutto riporti (Quasimodo, set by Luigi Dallapiccola) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)

Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς

Language: Aeolic Greek

Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς, 
ὄσα φαίνολις ἐσκέδασ’ Αὔως,
φέρῃς ὄιν, φέρῃς αἶγα, 
φέρεις ἄπυ μάτερι παῖδα.

Authorship

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] FRE GER GER ITA ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Hesperus", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [an adaptation] FRE GER GER ITA ; composed by Frederick M. May.
Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) , no title, appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 FRE GER GER ITA ; composed by Clara Angela Macirone.
Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Hesperus the Bringer" [an adaptation] FRE GER GER ITA ; composed by John Woods Duke.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Raoul Schrott , appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997, copyright © [an adaptation] ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 4 ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE GER GER ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.

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ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)

Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani

Text added to the website: 2008-01-04 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-08-11 09:56:38
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Vespro, tutto riporti

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Aeolic Greek

Available translation(s): ENG

Vespro, tutto riporti
Quanto disperse la lucente aurora;
Riporti la pecora, riporti la capra,
Riporti il figlio alla madre.

Authorship

by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Vespro, tutto riporti", from Cinque Frammenti di Saffo, no. 1. [
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Text added to the website: 2003-10-20 00:00:00
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:01:57
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Word count: 19