双鬓业已灰，/ 白发上顶颠。

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by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang

Πολιοὶ μὲν ἡμὶν ἤδη

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Our translations: CHI

Πολιοὶ μὲν ἡμὶν ἤδη 
κρόταφοι κάρη τε λευκόν,
χαρίεσσα δ' οὐκέτ' ἥβη 
πάρα, γηραλέοι δ' ὀδόντες,
γλυκεροῦ δ' οὐκέτι πολλὸς 
βιότου χρόνος λέλειπται•

διὰ ταῦτ' ἀνασταλύζω 
θαμὰ Τάρταρον δεδοικώς•
Ἀίδεω γάρ ἐστι δεινὸς 
μυχός, ἀργαλῆ δ' ἐς αὐτὸν
κάτοδος• καὶ γὰρ ἑτοῖμον 
καταβάντι μὴ ἀναβῆναι.

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by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), no title, appears in Odes, no. 56 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837) , "Ода LVI", written 1835 ; composed by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov.
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双鬓业已灰，/ 白发上顶颠。

Language: Chinese (中文) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

双鬓业已灰，
白发上顶颠。
韶华付逝水，
牙齿质不坚。
甜蜜生活期，
所剩不长远。

为此常哭泣，
恐惧到阴间。
去到阴国边，
其路多悲惨。
所有前往者，
无人得回还。

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a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), no title, appears in Odes, no. 56
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-28
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