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by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE)

Ἡ kalón ἐsti vadízein
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Ἡ kalón ἐsti vadízein
ὅpoy leimῶnes komῶsin,
ὅpoy leptὸs ἡdytátīn
ἀnapneῖ Zéfyros aὔrīn,
klῆmá te Vákchion ἰdeῖn
chὐpὸ tὰ pétala dῦnai
ἁpalὴn paῖda katéchōn
Kýprin ὅlīn pnéoysan.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE), appears in Odes, no. 41 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) , "Ode XLI", appears in Odes of Anacreon, no. 41, first published 1800 [an adaptation] ; composed by Alexander Campbell MacKenzie, Sir.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Ernest Falconnet) , "Sur le printemps", first published 1847


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