La quiete della notte | De le montagne dormono le cime

by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE)

Translation by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943)

Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: GER

Εὕδουσι δ' ὀρέων κορυφαί τε καὶ φάραγγες
πρώονές τε καὶ χαράδραι
φῦλά τ' ἑρπέτ' ὅσα τρέφει μέλαινα γαῖα
θῆρές τ' ὀρεσκώιοι καὶ γένος μελισσᾶν
καὶ κνώδαλ' ἐν βένθεσσι πορφυρέας ἁλός·
εὕδουσι δ' οἰωνῶν φῦλα τανυπτερύγων.

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Note: Alcman used the Greek Dorian dialect of Sparta ("Laconian" dialect). This is often referred to as Alcman Fragment 89.

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by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943) ; composed by Giorgio Federico Ghedini.

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La quiete della notte

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

 De le montagne dormono le cime;
 E i dirupi e i burroni e le valli ime;
 E quante foglie ha in selve,
 Quante montane belve
 E quante serpi mai nudre la terra;
 E le api, e i mostri che l'abisso serra
 Del nereggiante mare,
 E il popol degli augelli uso a volare.

Text Authorship:

by Guido Mazzoni (1859 - 1943) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Alcman (flourished 7^th century BCE), no title
- 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 Giorgio Federico Ghedini (1892 - 1965), "La quiete della notte" [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
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Word count: 53