κὰτ ἔμον στάλαχμον
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Text Authorship:
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 37 [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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958) , "Sappho, fragment 37", loose translation/interpretation ; composed by Hana Ajiashvili.
- Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , no title, appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 61, copyright © ; composed by David Maslanka.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael R. Burch) , "Sappho, fragment 37", loose translation/interpretation
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Pain penetrates [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Confirmed with Mary Barnard, Complete Poems and Selected Translations, State University of New York Press, 2025
Text Authorship:
- by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001), no title, appears in Sappho: A New Translation, no. 61, copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by David Maslanka (1943 - 2017), "Pain", 1984 [ satb chorus ], from Seven Lyrics from Sappho, no. 3
Score: David Maslanka [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958) ; composed by Hana Ajiashvili.
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-27
Line count: 3
Word count: 6