by Ibycus (flourished 2nd half of 6th century BCE)
Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)
Ἦρι μὲν αἵ τε Κυδώνιαι
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Ἦρι μὲν αἵ τε Κυδώνιαι μηλίδες ἀρδόμεναι ῥοᾶν ἐκ ποταμῶν, ἵνα Παρθένων κῆπος ἀκήρατος, αἵ τ’ οἰνανθίδες αὐξόμεναι σκιεροῖσιν ὑφ’ ἕρνεσιν οἰναρέοις θαλέθοισιν· ἐμοὶ δ’ Ἔρος οὐδεμίαν κατάκοιτος ὥραν. †τε† ὑπὸ στεροπᾶς φλέγων Θρηίκιος Βορέας ἀίσσων παρὰ Κύπριδος ἀζαλέ- αις μανίαισιν ἐρεμνὸς ἀθαμβὴς ἐγκρατέως πεδόθεν φυλάσσει ἡμετέρας φρένας…
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- by Ibycus (flourished 2nd half of 6th century BCE) [author's text not yet checked 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):
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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968) ; composed by Konstantia Gourzi.
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Madrigali „…il vento del nord…
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)
A primavera, quando l'acqua dei fiumi deriva nelle gore e lungo l'orto sacro delle vergini ai meli cidonii apre il fiore, a altro fiore assale i tralci della vite nel buio delle foglie; in me Eros, che mai alcuna età mi rasserena, come il vento del nord rosso di fulmini, rapido muove: così, torbido spietato arso di demenza, custodisce tenace nella mente tutte le voglie che avevo da ragazzo.
K. Gourzi sets stanza 2
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Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Ibycus (flourished 2nd half of 6th century BCE)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Konstantia Gourzi (b. 1962), "Madrigali „…il vento del nord…", op. 52 (2013), first performed 2013, stanza 2 [ mixed chorus ]
Publisher: Konstantia Gourzi [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 69