quis multa gracilis te puer in rosa perfusus liquidis urget odoribus grato, Pyrrha, sub antro? cui flavam religas comam, simplex munditiis? heu quotiens fidem mutatosque deos flebit et aspera nigris aequora ventis emirabitur insolens, qui nunc te fruitur credulus aurea, qui semper vacuam, semper amabilem sperat, nescius aurae fallacis, miseri, quibus intemptata nites. me tabula sacer votiva paries indicat uvida suspendisse potenti vestimenta maris deo.
Text Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Quis multa", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by John Milton (1608 - 1674) , "To Pyrrha" ; composed by Miriam Gideon.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Pyrrha"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, written 1883, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 5
- POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Pyrry", first published 1916
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Quel adolescent délicat, inondé d’essences liquides, te presse sur tant de roses, ô Pyrrha, sous l’antre frais ? Relèves-tu pour lui ta blonde chevelure, Ô négligente ? Hélas ! combien il pleurera la foi et les Dieux trahis, combien il s’étonnera, inaccoutumé, des flots battus par les sombres vents. Celui qui, maintenant, crédule, te possède toute dorée, qui te rêve toujours libre, toujours aimable, ignorant qu’il est du vent perfide! Malheureux ceux Que tu éblouis, non encore éprouvée ! Pour moi, la paroi sacrée atteste, par une image votive, que j’ai consacré mes vêtements humides au puissant Dieu de la mer.
Confirmed with Œuvres de Horace Traduction par Leconte de Lisle. Alphonse Lemerre, éditeur, s. d. (Tome premier)
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "À Pyrrha" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), "Quis multa", appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 5
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