by
Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
γλύκηα μᾶτερ, οὔτοι δύναμαι κρέκην τὸν...
Language: Aeolic Greek
γλύκηα μᾶτερ, οὔτοι δύναμαι κρέκην τὸν ἴστον
πόθῳ δάμεισα παῖδος βραδίναν δι' Ἀφροδίταν
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- Also set in English, a translation by Walter Savage Landor (1775 - 1864) , no title, appears in Simonidea, first published 1860 [an adaptation] ; composed by Samuel Barber, Howard Barlow, Cecil Burleigh, John Edmunds, George Foote, Oskar Morawetz, Alexander Paucker, as Francis Chagrin, Ned Rorem.
- Also set in English, a translation by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852) , no title [an adaptation] ; composed by Henry Théodore Pontet, Charles Wood.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist [an adaptation] ; composed by Richard Barth.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , no title, appears in Stimmen der Völker in Liedern, in 2. Das zweite Buch. Lieder aus dem Süd, in 5. Fragmente griechischer Lieder. Sappho, no. 1 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
- Also set in Polish (Polski), a translation by Janina Brzostowska (1897 - 1986) , copyright © ; composed by Andrzej Hundziak.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) , no title, appears in Сапфо и Алкей (Sapfo i Alkej) [an adaptation] ; composed by Arthur Vincent Lourié.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
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Douce mère, je ne peux plus frapper le...
Language: French (Français) after the Aeolic Greek
Douce mère, je ne peux plus frapper le métier à tisser,
Je suis soumise au désir d'un garçon par la svelte Aphrodite.
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- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-23
Line count: 2
Word count: 22