Morning Song
ΠΟΜΟΣ ΟΡΘΡΙΟΣ
ξουθὰ δὲ λιγύφων᾽ ὄρνεα δι᾽ ἐφετᾶν ἔρημον
δρίος ἄκροις ἐπὶ κλωσὶ πίτυος ἥμεν᾿ ἐμινύριζ ἐτιττύβιζεν
κέλαδον παντομιγῆ, καὶ τὰ μὲν ἄρχετο, τ[ὰ δ᾽ ἔμ] ελλεν, τὰ δ᾽ ἐσίγα,
τὰ δὲ βωστρεύοντ᾽ ἀν᾿ ὄρη λαλεῦσι φωναῖς, φιλέρημος δὲ νάπαις λάλος ἀνταμείβετ᾽ ἀχώ
– Anon. (c 1st-3rd century BCE)
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Canto Mattutino
Dorati uccelli dall'acuta voce, liberi
per il bosco solitario in cima ai rami di pino
confusamente si lamentano; e chi comincia,
chi indugia, chi lancia il suo richiamo verso i monti:
e l'eco che non tace, amica dei deserti,
lo ripete dal fondo delle valli.
– trans. Salvatore Quasimodo (1940)
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Morning Song
Bright birds with their sweet voices freely
through the lonely forest on pine branches
sing their sorrows one starts off
another takes it up some cry to the hills
until the burbling echo friend of emptiness
replays them in the hidden valley
– trans. Jack Ross
(23-25/4/26)
Poems, Imitations & Translations
Monday
Dawn Chorus (1)
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