by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE)
Translation by William Johnson Cory (1823 - 1892)
Εἰπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον ἐς δέ με...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Εἰπέ τις, Ἡράκλειτε, τεὸν μόρον ἐς δέ με δάκρυ
ἤγαγεν ἐμνήσθην δ᾿ ὁσσάκις ἀμφότεροι
ἠέλιον λέσχῃ κατεδύσαμεν. Ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν που,
ξεῖν᾿ Ἁλικαρνησεῦ, τετράπαλαι σποδιή,
αἱ δὲ τεαὶ ζώουσιν ἀηδόνες, ᾗσιν ὁ πάντων
ἁρπακτὴς Ἀίδης οὐκ ἐπὶ χεῖρα βαλεῖ.
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- by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE) [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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- Also set in English, a translation by William Johnson Cory (1823 - 1892) , "Heraclitus" ; composed by Jean Eichelberger Ivey, John Jeffreys, Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir, Peter Warlock.
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Volkmar Henschel
This text was added to the website: 2021-02-19
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Word count: 39
Heraclitus
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead; They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed; I wept, as I remembered, how often you and I Had tired the sun with talking, and sent him down the sky. And now that thou art lying, my dear old Carian guest, A handful of grey ashes, long, long ago at rest, Still are thy pleasant voices, thy nightingales, awake; For Death, he taketh all away, but them he cannot take.
Authorship
- by William Johnson Cory (1823 - 1892), "Heraclitus" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Callimachus (flourished 3rd century BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Jean Eichelberger Ivey (b. 1923), "Heraclitus", published 1977 [soprano, alto flute, clarinet, viola, cello, piano, and electronic tape], from Three Songs of Night, no. 3, New York, Carl Fischer [text not verified]
- by John Jeffreys (1927 - 2010), "Heraclitus" [voice and piano] [text not verified]
- by Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir (1852 - 1924), "Heraclitus", op. 110 no. 4 (1910) [chorus], partsong [text verified 1 time]
- by Peter Warlock (1894 - 1930), "Heraclitus", 1917, published 1923 [voice and piano], from Saudades, London : Chester [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-09
Line count: 8
Word count: 84