sometimes misattributed to Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) and by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Eἰs tέttiga
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Makarίzomέn se, tέttix,
ὅti dendrέōn ἐp  ἄkrōn
ὀlίgēn drόson pepōkώs,
basileὺs ὅpōs, ἀeίdeis.
Sὰ gάr ἐsti keῖna pάnta,
ὁpόsa blέpeis ἐn ἀgroῖs,
kὀpόsa phέrusin ὧrai.
Sὺ dὲ phίltatos geōrgoῖs,
sὺ dὲ tίmios brotoῖsi,
thέreos glykὺs prophήtēs.
Philέusi mέn se Moῦsai,
philέei dὲ Phoῖbos aὐtόs,
ligyrὴn d  ἔdōken oἴmēn.
Tὸ dὲ gῆras oὔ se teίrei,
sophέ, gēgenέs, phίlymne,
ἀpathέs, ἀnaimόsarke·
schedὸn eἶ theoῖs ὅmoios.

Note: this was actually written about five hundred years after Anacreon's death, but follows his style. It is a product of the "Anacreontics".

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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre Barbier (1854 - 1918) ; composed by Émile Paladilhe.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Carl von Blankensee ; composed by Carl Loewe.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832) , "An die Zikade", subtitle: "Nach dem Anakreon" ; composed by Anton Urspruch.
  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Stefan Stocker.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-24
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Word count: 65