O mia Gongila | O mia Gongila, ti prego

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)

κέλομαί σε

Language: Aeolic Greek

[κ]έλομαί σε[ ],
[Γο]γγύλα, [πέφ]ανθι  λάβοισα μα [ ]
[πᾶ]κτιν, ἆς σε δηὖτε Πόθος τ[ ]
ἀμφιπόταται

τὰν κάλαν∙ ἀ γὰρ κατάγωγις αὔτα
ἐπτόαισ’ ἴδοισαν∙    ἔγω δὲ χαίρω.
καὶ γὰρ αὔτα δήπο[τ’] ἐμέμφ[ετ’]
[Κ]υπρογέν[ηα]

Text Authorship:

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

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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
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Word count: 34

O mia Gongila

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Aeolic Greek

Our translations: ENG

O mia Gongila, ti prego:
Metti la tunica bianchissima
E vieni a me davanti: io sempre
Ti desidero bella nelle vesti.

Così adorna, fai tremare chi guarda;
E io ne godo, perché la tua belleza
Rimprovera Afrodite.

Text 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), "κέλομαί σε"
- Go to the text page.

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), "O mia Gongila", from Cinque Frammenti di Saffo, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 37