by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961)
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα
Language: Aeolic Greek
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα μναμοσύνα σέθεν ἔσσετ' οὐδὲ †ποκ'†ὔστερον. οὐ γὰρ πεδέχῃς βρόδων τῶν ἐκ Πιερίας. ἀλλ' ἀφάνης κἠν Ἀίδα δόμῳ φοιτάσεις πεδ' ἀμαύρων νεκύων ἐκπεποταμένα
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- 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)
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © GER RUS SWE ; composed by Eric Hudes.
- 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. 6 ENG ENG RUS SWE ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) [an adaptation] ENG ENG GER SWE ; composed by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) , copyright © ENG ENG GER RUS ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 27
När en gång
Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the Aeolic Greek
När en gång du är död ligger du glömd [ ... ]
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Authorship
- by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961), copyright © [author's text not yet checked 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)
- by Staffan Björklund (b. 1944), "När en gång", 1995 [voice and piano], from Två Sapfosånger, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © GER RUS SWE ; composed by Eric Hudes.
- 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. 6 ENG ENG RUS SWE ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) [an adaptation] ENG ENG GER SWE ; composed by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-26
Line count: 6
Word count: 44