Evening, thou that bringest

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895)

Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς

Language: Aeolic Greek

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

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Text Authorship:

by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς", appears in Fragments, no. 104A [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Hesperus", appears in Songs from the Clay, first published 1915 [an adaptation] ; composed by Frederick M. May.
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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 ; composed by Clara Angela Macirone.
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Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Hesperus the Bringer" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Woods Duke.
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Also set in English, a translation by William Bliss Carman (1861 - 1929) , no title, appears in Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, no. 14 ; composed by Ivor Gurney, Mary Elizabeth Turner Salter.
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Also set in English, a translation by Willis Barnstone (b. 1927) , "Evening Star", appears in Sappho Poems: A New Version, copyright © 1998 ; composed by Carol Barnett.
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Also set in English, a translation by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) [an adaptation] ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Raoul Schrott (b. 1964) , appears in Die Erfindung der Poesie, first published 1997, copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Andrea Lorenzo Scartazzini.
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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 ; composed by Mathilde Kralik, Johann Friedrich Reichardt.
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Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-04
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Word count: 15

Evening, thou that bringest

Language: English after the Aeolic Greek

Evening, thou that bringest 
all that bright morning scattered;
thou bringest the sheep, the goat, 
the child back to her mother.

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Text Authorship:

by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "Ἔσπερε, πάντα φέρῃς", appears in Fragments, no. 104A
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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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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 21