Dianam tenerae dicite virgines, intonsum pueri dicite Cynthium, Latonamque supremo dilectam penitus Iovi. vos laetam fluviis et nemorum coma, quaecumque aut gelido prominet Algido nigris aut Erymanthi silvis aut viridis Gragi, vos Tempe totidem tollite laudibus natalemque, mares, Delon Apollinis insignemque pharetra fraternaque umerum lyra. hic bellum lacrimosum, hic miseram famem pestemque a populo et principe Caesare in Persas atque Britannos vestra motus aget prece.
Authorship:
- by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 21 [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):
- by Jan Novák (1921 - 1984), "Ad Dianam et Apollinem", from Cantica latina, no. 12 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Christopher Smart) , "Ode XXI. On Diana and Apollo"
- FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "Sur Diana et Apollo"
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, written 1883, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 21
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Diana, o tenere donzelle, diteci, L’intonso Cintio diteci, o giovani, E Latona del sommo Giove diletta all’animo. Voi chi rallegrasi di fiumi e d’arbori Chiomati, o all’Algido freddo sovrastino O d’Erimanto a’ neri Boschi o del Crago erbifero; Voi Tempe diteci con pari laudi E Delo patria d’Apollo, o giovani, E di faretra e lira Fraterna insigne l’omero. Ei guerra flebile, carestia misera E lue dal popolo e dal gran Cesare Vorrà a Persi e Britanni Mosso da’ preghi volgere.
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Confirmed with Opere di Mario Rapisardi, Ordinate e corrette da esso. Volume V. Le odi di Orazio. L'Empedocle. Il Prometeo di Shelley, Catania, Niccolò Giannotta, 1897.
Authorship:
- by Mario Rapisardi (1844 - 1912), no title, written 1883, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 21 [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), appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 21
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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This text was added to the website: 2019-05-26
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