Song of Seikilos / Seikilov skolion

Official video of Song of Seikilos performed by Franko Krajcar & Indivia, opening theme from the album "Rožice". Trad.arr.: Mauro Giorgi. Music producer: Denis Budim For publisher: Aquarius Records Video directors: Aleksej Orel and Afrodita Bulajic Screenplay: Afrodita Bulajic Videography and postproduction: Aleksej Orel Space images: Courtesy of NASA.gov Song of Seikilos, known also as Seikilos epitaph, is a Hellenistic Ionic song and the oldest surviving example of a complete musical composition, including musical notation, from anywhere in the world. The melody, with its lyrics, was found engraved on a tombstone, near Aidin, in Turkey. The find has been dated variously from around 200 BC to around AD 100. On the tombstone is an indication that states "I am a tombstone, an image. Seikilos placed me here as an everlasting sign of deathless remembrance". The last two surviving words on the tombstone itself are ""Seikilos to Euterpe", possibly his loving wife. The English translation of the lyrics: "As long as you live, dance and sing, be joyful. For life is short, And Time carries away his prize."