Mio Astro, tu contempli le stelle

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by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE)

Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Ἀστέρας εἰσαθρεῖς, ἀστήρ ἐμός;

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

Available translation(s): ITA

-Ἀστέρας εἰσαθρεῖς, ἀστήρ ἐμός;
-Εἴθε γενοίμην οὐρανός,
ὡς πολλοῖς ὄμμασιν εἰς σὲ βλέπω!

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by Plato (428?7 BCE - 348?7 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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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 French (Français), a translation by Marguerite Yourcenar (1903 - 1987) , copyright © ; composed by Antonio Chagas Rosa.
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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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