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by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)

Σαρδ
Language: Aeolic Greek 
]Σαρδ . [ . .]
πόλ]λακι τυίδε̣ [ν]ῶν ἔχοισα 

ὠσπ . [ . . .] . ωόμεν, . [ . . .] . . χ[ . .]
σε θέᾳ σ’ ἰκέλαν ἀρι-
γνώτᾳ, σᾳ δὲ μάλιστ’ ἔχαιρε μόλπᾳ.
 
νῦν δὲ Λῦδαισιν ἐμπρέπεται γυναί-
κεσσιν ὤς ποτ’ ἀελίω
δύντος ἀ βροδοδάκτυλος σελάννα
 
πάντα περρέχοισ’ ἄστρα· φάος δ’ ἐπί-
σχει θάλασσαν ἐπ’ ἀλμύραν
ἴσως καὶ πολυανθέμοις ἀρούραις· 

ἀ δ’ ἐέρσα κάλα κέχυται τεθά-
λαισι δὲ βρόδα κἄπαλ’ ἄν-
θρυσκα καὶ μελίλωτος ἀνθεμώδης·
 
πόλλα δὲ ζαφοίταισ’ ἀγάνας ἐπι-
μνάσθεισ’ Ἄτθιδος ἰμέρῳ
λέπταν ποι φρένα κ[ᾶ]ρ̣[ι σᾷ] βόρηται·
 
κῆθι δ’ ἔλθην ἀμμ . [ . .] . .ισα τό̣δ’ οὐ
νῶντ’ ἀ[ . .]υστονυμ̣[ . . .] πόλυς
γαρύει̣ [ . . .]αλον̣[ . . . . . .] .ο̣ μέσσον·
 
ε]ὔ̣μαρ[ες μ]ὲ̣ν οὐκ̣ ἄμ̣μι θέαισι μόρ-
φαν ἐπή[ρατ]ον ἐξίσω-
σθ̣αι συ[ . .]ρ̣ο̣ς ἔχηισθ’ ἀ[ . . .] .νίδηον
 
]το̣[ . . . .]ρατι-
μαλ[                           ] . ερος
καὶ δ[ . ]μ̣[                  ]ος Ἀφροδίτα
 
καμ̣[                       ] νέκταρ ἔχευ’ ἀπὺ
χρυσίας [                        ]ν̣αν
. . . .]απουρ̣[                    ]χέρσι Πείθω
 
[                                 ]θ[. . .]ησενη
[                                           ]ακις
[                                        ]. . . . . .αι
 
[                               ]ες τὸ Γεραίστιον
[                               ]ν̣ φίλαι
[                                ]υ̣στον οὐδενο[
 
[                                ]ερον ἰξο[μ

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 96 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Diane J. Rayor ; composed by Patricia Van Ness.
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