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by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE)
Translation by Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński (1807 - 1877)

Vides ut alta
Language: Latin 
Vides ut alta stet nive candidum
Soracte nec iam sustineant onus
  silvae laborantes geluque
    flumina constiterint acuto.

dissolve frigus ligna super foco
large reponens atque benignius
  deprome quadrimum Sabina,
    o Thaliarche, merum diota.

permitte divis cetera, qui simul
stravere ventos aequore fervido
  deproeliantis, nec cupressi
    nec veteres agitantur orni.

quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere, et
quem Fors dierum cumque dabit, lucro
  adpone, nec dulcis amores
    sperne puer neque tu choreas,

donec virenti canities abest
morosa, nunc et campus et areae
  lenesque sub noctem susurri
    conposita repetantur hora,

nunc et latentis proditor intumo
gratus puellae risus ab angulo
  pignusque dereptum lacertis
    aut digito male pertinaci.

Text Authorship:

  • by Horace (Quintus Horatius Flaccus) (65 BCE - 8 BCE), appears in Carmina (Odes), in 1. Liber I (Book I), no. 9 [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), "Vides ut alta", from Cantica latina, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle) , "À Thaliarchus"
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Mario Rapisardi) , no title, written 1883, appears in Le odi di Orazio, in 1. Libro primo, no. 9
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński) , "Do Taliarcha", first published 1916


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 105

Do Taliarcha
Language: Polish (Polski)  after the Latin 
Patrz! na Sorakcie co tam spadło śniegu,
Aż lasy dyszą pod okiścią zgięte;
Mróz schwycił, i rzeki w biegu
Stanęły ścięte.


Chcesz mróz odpędzić? Nie szczędź do komina
Drewek Taliarchu; z sabińskiego dzbanka
Nie żałuj starego wina
Co strzyma szklanka.

Resztę zdaj Bogom; gdy oni swawolę
Wichrów na morzu ukrócą — z tą zmianą
Twoje cyprysy, topole
Szumieć przestaną.

Nie pytaj co tam jutro ci wywróży;
Dzionek przeżyty zyskanym nazywaj;
Dopóki młodość ci służy,
Baw się, używaj.

Zwiedzaj przechadzki i pole marsowe;
Starość od ciebie jeszcze tak daleka,
A wieczór chodź na rozmowę
Gdzie dziewczę czeka.

Coś tam chichocze w cieniu — ów przysionek
Dzieweczkę kryje łatwą do spotkania —
Z paluszka zsuń jej pierścionek,
Zsuń, choć się wzbrania.

Text Authorship:

  • by Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński (1807 - 1877), "Do Taliarcha", first published 1916 [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. 9
    • Go to the text page.

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 ]


Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 119

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