by
Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
κατθάνοισα δὲ κείσῃ οὐδέ ποτα
Language: Aeolic Greek
Available translation(s): SAN
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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- Also set in English, a translation by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001) , appears in Sappho: A New Translation, first published 1958, copyright © ; 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 ; composed by Mathilde von Kralik.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866 - 1949) [an adaptation] ; composed by Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Gustaf Emil Zilliacus (1878 - 1961) , copyright © ; composed by Staffan Björklund.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Henry Thornton Wharton)
- SAN Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) (Holger Christian Teipel-Jahr) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 27
मृता शेष्यसे।
Language: Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्)  after the Aeolic Greek
मृता शेष्यसे।
न तत्काले स्मृतिस्ते भविष्यति न पश्चात्काले।
नहि देवपर्वतलोकजपापुष्पाण्यभजथाः।
अदृष्टा त्वधोलोकदेवस्य गृहे भ्रमिष्यसि मृतानामात्मनाम्मध्ये निष्पतिता॥
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Transliteration:
mr̥tā śeṣyase |
na tatkāle smr̥tis te bhaviṣyati na paścātkāle |
nahi devaparvatalokajapāpuṣpāṇy abhajathāḥ |
adr̥ṣṭā tv adholokadevasya gr̥he bhramiṣyasi mr̥tānām ātmanāṁ madhye niṣpatitā ||
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- a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
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Word count: 16