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

Note: this translation appears to be based upon several fragments. Lines 2-4 come from the fragment beginning "Ἄτθι, σοὶ δ' ἔμεθεν μεν ἀπήχθετο"; and the second stanza appears to come from the fragment beginning "Παρθενία, παρθενία".

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. 3 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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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), "Ach die gliederlösende böse Liebe" [ voice and piano ], from Lied der Sappho , no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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 Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) , no title ; composed by Goffredo Petrassi.
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• Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , no title, appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
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