O mia Gongila
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Aeolic Greek
O mia Gongila, ti prego:
Metti la tunica bianchissima
E vieni a me davanti: io sempre
Ti desidero bella nelle vesti.
Così adorna, fai tremare chi guarda;
E io ne godo, perché la tua belleza
Rimprovera Afrodite.
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "κέλομαί σε"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (T. P. (Peter) Perrin) , "O my Gongola", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2003-10-20
Line count: 7
Word count: 37
O my Gongola
Language: English after the Italian (Italiano)
O my Gongola, I beg you:
put on your whitest garment
and come before me: I always
wish you to be beautiful in dress.
Adorned thus, you cause those who see you to tremble;
and I rejoice in it, for your loveliness
rebukes Aphrodite.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Italian (Italiano) to English copyright © 2007 by T. P. (Peter) Perrin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
Based on:
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), "κέλομαί σε"
This text was added to the website: 2007-12-13
Line count: 7
Word count: 44