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by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
Language: Aeolic Greek 
Our translations:  SAN
Δέδυκε μὲν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληίαδες· μέσσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δʹ ἔρχετʹ ὤρα·
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω

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Note: this is often referred to as Sappho Fragment 94 D.


Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), 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):

  • by Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Dedyke men a salanna", 1993-5, first performed 1995 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Sieben Lieder der Sappho, no. 6, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Henry Thornton Wharton (1846 - 1895) , no title ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ned Rorem.
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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles Chaynes.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Walter Jens (1923 - 2013) , copyright © [an adaptation] ; composed by Aribert Reimann.
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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. 2 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Bach (1901 - 1957) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © ; composed by Olga Neuwirth.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Dorothea Hofmann (b. 1961) , copyright © ; composed by Dorothea Hofmann.
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  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giacomo Leopardi (1798 - 1837) [an adaptation] ; composed by Ildebrando Pizzetti.
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  • Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) [an adaptation] ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , "Ожидание", appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
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  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton) , no title
  • FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet)
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , copyright ©
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Salvatore Quasimodo) [an adaptation]
  • SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-29
Line count: 4
Word count: 17

Der Mond ist schon hinunter
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Aeolic Greek 
Der Mond ist schon hinunter,
Hinab die Siebensterne,
Ist Mitternacht! -- Die Stunde 
Vorbei schon und ich Arme 
Bin noch allein.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with J. G. von Herder's Ausgewählte Werke in einem Bande, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J.G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 331.


Text Authorship:

  • 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. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title
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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):

  • by Mathilde von Kralik (1857 - 1944), "Der Mond ist schon hinunter" [ voice and piano ], from Lied der Sappho , no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-03
Line count: 5
Word count: 20

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