by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)
Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος
Language: Aeolic Greek
Available translation(s): FRE
Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος Ἄδωνις∙ τί κε θεῖμεν; καττύπτεσθε, κόραι, καὶ κατερείκεσθε κίθωνας.
Authorship
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος" [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)
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) , copyright © ENG ENG FRE RUS ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , "Плач по Адонису", appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] ENG FRE ITA ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
Line count: 2
Word count: 12
Muore il tenero Adone
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Aeolic Greek
Available translation(s): ENG
Muore il tenero Adone, o Citerea [ ... ]
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Authorship
- by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Κατθνάισκει, Κυθέρη᾽, ἄβρος"
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), "Muore il tenero Adone", from Cinque Frammenti di Saffo, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , title 1: "Tender Adonis is dying", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 4
Word count: 20