Ní fetar cía lasa fífea Etan acht ro-fetar Etan bán nícon fífea a óenarán.
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This text comes from anonymous manuscript MS 1318, part 16, located at Trinity College, Dublin, from the epic Fled Bricrenn, ocus Loinges mac n-Duíl Dermait; confirmed with a German translation by Ernst Windisch, shown in parallel with the original Irish/Gaelic, from the scholarly journal Irische Texte mit Übersetzungen und Wörterbuch. Zweite Serie, erster Heft, Leipzig: Verlag von S. Hirzel, 1884, Page 180.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 9th century ) , no title [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909 - 1991) , "Promiscuity", appears in A Celtic Miscellany, first published 1951 ; composed by Samuel Barber.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ernst Wilhelm Oskar Windisch)
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2017-08-27
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I do not know with whom Edan will sleep, but I do know that fair Edan will not sleep alone.
Authorship:
- by Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson (1909 - 1991), "Promiscuity", appears in A Celtic Miscellany, first published 1951 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Irish (Gaelic) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Promiscuity", op. 29 no. 7 (1953), published 1954 [voice and piano], from Hermit songs, no. 7. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Promiscuité", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: René Slot
This text was added to the website: 2004-01-18
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Word count: 20