Songe | J'avais un songe

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Translation by Ernest Falconnet (1815 - 1891)

Εις το ἐαυτον ονειπον

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Ἐδόκουν ὄναρ τροχάζειν
πτέρυγας φέρων ἐπ᾽ ὤμων,
ὁ δ᾽ Ἔρως ἔχων μόλιβδον
περὶ τοῖς καλοῖς ποδίσκοις
ἐδίωκε καὶ κίχανεν.
τί θέλει δ᾽ ὄναρ τόδ᾽ εἶναι;
δοκέω δ᾽ ἔγωγε· πολλοῖς
ἐν ἔρωσί με πλακέντα
διολισθάνειν μὲν ἄλλους,
ἑνί τωι δὲ συνδεθῆναι.

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Note on Transliterations

Text Authorship:

by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις το ἐαυτον ονειπον", appears in Odes, no. 43?4 [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 un songe", appears in Idylles de Théocrite et Odes anacréontiques, first published 1861 ; composed by Albert Roussel.
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FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Songe", first published 1847

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Songe

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

J'avais un songe. 
Je croyais courir, 
mes épaules portaient des ailes ;
l'Amour, ses beaux pieds chargés de plomb, 
me poursuit et m'atteint. 
Que veut dire un songe pareil ? 
Je pense qu'enchaîné 
par beaucoup d'amour, 
si j'ai pu échapper aux autres, 
celui-ci me retient pour toujours.

Text Authorship:

by Ernest Falconnet (1815 - 1891), "Songe", first published 1847 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), "Εις το ἐαυτον ονειπον", appears in Odes, no. 43?4
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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):

[ None yet in the database ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-08
Line count: 10
Word count: 45