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by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958)

δώσην
Language: Aeolic Greek 
          ]δώσην
     κλ]ύτων μέντ’ ἐπ[
    κ]άλων κἄσλων, σ̣[
τοὶς φί]λοις, λύπης τέ μ[ε

         ]μ’ ὄνειδος
          ]οιδήσαις . ἐπιτ . [
          ].αν, ἄσαιο. τὸ γὰρ ν̣[όημα
         τὦ]μον, οὐκ οὔτω μ̣[

              ]διάκηται,
                   ]μη̣δ̣[      ] . αζε, [
                                      ]χις, συνίημ[ι
                                    ] . ης κακότατο[ς
                                      ]μεν
                                      ]ν ἀτέραις με[
                                   ]η φρένας, εὔ[
                                          ]α̣τοις μάκα[ρας

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Text Authorship:

  • by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 3 [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) ; composed by Hana Ajiashvili.
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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 50

Stars ringing the lovely moon
Language: English  after the Aeolic Greek 
Stars ringing the lovely moon
pale to insignificance
when she illuminates the earth
with her magnificence.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 3
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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):

  • by Hana Ajiashvili , no title, 2019 [ 2 sopranos, recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord and guitar ], from Mere Air, no. 2, Rijswijk : Stichting Donemus Beheer
        Publisher: Donemus [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-27
Line count: 4
Word count: 16

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