a ballad of erotic passion
bursting from a heart on fire
or a deeply charged lament
for the loss of one’s beloved
A ballad ⋮ beloved.
Georgios Fedros, describing a “manéros” in his academic treatise “On the Smyrnean Amanés” (1881).
ἆσμα ἐκφράζον πάθος
ἐξ ἔρωτος φλεγομένης καρδίας
ἢ βαρεῖαν λύπην
ἐπὶ ἀπωλεία προσφιλοῦς ὄντος
Taken from a text written for the Stella with a Sigma album Up and Away, produced by Redinho and released by Sub Pop in 2022.
The full text can be found in the dubitandum “pangs ⋮ raptures” (see yellow boxes below).
see also
(this transpolium lives alone)
dubitanda
deserts ⋮ overseas pangs ⋮ raptures razor ⋮ riffs worthy ⋮ wait