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Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE)
Ἀστέρας εἰσαθρεῖς, ἀστήρ ἐμός
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
-Ἀστέρας εἰσαθρεῖς, ἀστήρ ἐμός;
-Εἴθε γενοίμην οὐρανός,
ὡς πολλοῖς ὄμμασιν εἰς σὲ βλέπω!
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- Also set in English, a translation by Edwin Arnold (1832 - 1904) , "A Lover's Wish", appears in The Secret of Death with some collected poems, first published 1885 ; composed by Charles Salaman.
- Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Adam Wright (1869 - 1946) ; composed by Lennox Randal Francis Berkeley, Sir.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Marguerite Yourcenar (1903 - 1987) , copyright © ; composed by Antonio Chagas Rosa.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vladimir Sergeyevich Solovyov (1853 - 1900) , no title ; composed by Mikhail Andreyevich Ostroglazov.
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Mio Astro, tu contempli le stelle", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Mio Astro, tu contempli le stelle
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
Mio Astro, tu contempli le stelle;
Se diventassi cielo,
potrei con mille occhi contemplarti!
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE)
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-13
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Word count: 14