Sur lui-même | Dès que Bakkhos me tient

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)

Εις εαυτον

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Ὅταν ὁ Βάκχος ἔλθηι,
εὕδουσιν αἱ μέριμναι,
δοκῶ δ᾽ ἔχειν τὰ Κροίσου.
θέλω καλῶς ἀείδειν·
κισσοστεφὴς δὲ κεῖμαι,
πατῶ δ᾽ ἅπαντα θυμῶι.
ὅπλιζ᾽· ἐγὼ δὲ πίνω.
φέρε μοι κύπελλον ὦ παῖ·
μεθύοντα γάρ με κεῖσθαι
πολὺ κρεῖσσον ἢ θανόντα.

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Text Authorship:

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 26 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "Sur lui-même", appears in Idylles de Théocrite et Odes anacréontiques, first published 1861 ; composed by Albert Roussel.
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FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur lui-même", first published 1847

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Word count: 39

Sur lui‑même

Language: French (Français) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Dès que Bakkhos me tient, 
toutes mes peines s'endorment.
Je possède les richesses de Kroïsos, 
et voici que je chante à pleine voix!
Couché et les cheveux ceints de lierre, 
je méprise tout dans mon cœur.
Qu'un autre courre aux armes ; 
moi, je cours à ma coupe!
Enfant, donne-la moi : 
il vaut mieux être ivre que mort!

Text Authorship:

by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Sur lui-même", appears in Idylles de Théocrite et Odes anacréontiques, first published 1861 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις εαυτον", appears in Odes, no. 26
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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 Albert Roussel (1869 - 1937), "Sur lui-même", op. 32 no. 1 (1926), published 1927, first performed 1927 [ medium voice and piano ], from Odes Anacreontiques, no. 1, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 57