by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE)
Translation by Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois (b. 1870)
mola / mula (mill / mule)
Language: Latin
ambo sumus lapides, una sumus, ambo iacemus. quam piger est unus, tantum non est piger alter; hic manet immotus, non desinit ille moveri. dissimilis matri, patri diversa figura, confusi generis, generi non apta propago, ex aliis nascor, nec quicquam nascitur ex me.
Authorship:
- by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata [author's text not yet checked 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 Michael Ippolito (b. 1985), "mola / mula (mill / mule)", 2015, first performed 2016 [chorus], from Ænigmata, no. 3, confirmed with a score [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois) , "Mill / Mule", first published 1912
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 42
Mill / Mule
Language: English  after the Latin
Though twain, I'm one, two stones together lie, And one's as lazy as the other's spry, One moveth not, the other up and down doth ply. My form with neither parent's doth agree Of mingled race not fit for progeny, And though of others born, there's born no son of me.
Authorship:
- by Elizabeth Hickman Du Bois (b. 1870), "Mill / Mule", first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Caelius Firmianus Symphosius (flourished 4th - 5th century CE), appears in Aenigmata
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 page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2018-09-01
Line count: 6
Word count: 51