by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien
Der Apfel
Language: Aeolic Greek
Οἶον τὸ γλυκύμαλον ἐρεύθεται ἄκρῳ ἐπ᾽ ὔσδῳ ἄκρον ἐπ᾽ ἀκροτάτῳ λελάθοντο δὲ μαλοδρόπνεσ, οὐ μὰν ἐκλελάθοντ᾽, ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ ἐδύναντ᾽ ἐπίκεσθαι.
Translation of incipit used in Killmayer's setting:
"Oion to glykymalon"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Authorship
- by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE) [author's text checked 1 time 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 Wilhelm Killmayer (1927 - 2017), "Der Apfel", 1993-5, first performed 1995 [mezzo-soprano and piano], from Sieben Lieder der Sappho, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, adapted by Helen Maude Francesca Bantock, née von Schweitzer (1868 - 1961) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] FRE ; composed by Granville Ransome Bantock, Sir.
- Also set in English, a translation by James Stephens (1882 - 1950) , "Sweet apple", appears in Here are Ladies, first published 1913 [an adaptation] FRE ; composed by Harry R. Spier.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- FRE French (Français) (Pauline Mary Tarn)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
Line count: 3
Word count: 20
Telle une douce pomme rougit à...
Language: French (Français) after the Aeolic Greek
Telle une douce pomme rougit à l'extrémité de la branche, à l'extrémité lointaine : les cueilleurs de fruits l'ont oubliée ou, plutôt, ils ne l'ont pas oubliée, mais ils n'ont pu l'atteindre.
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Authorship
- by Pauline Mary Tarn (1877 - 1909), as Renée Vivien [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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 text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 32