by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by C.M. Brown
An absent friend
Language: English after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
A glorious goddess in her eyes [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by C.M. Brown , copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ned Rorem (1923 - 2022), "An absent friend", copyright © 1948 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Four Madrigals, no. 4, Mercury Music Corp
Publisher: Presser [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
This text was added to the website: 2026-06-17
Line count: 15
Word count: 93