Sappho Translations IX
...Sappho Translations IX
Sappho, fragment 17
translation by Michael R. Burch
Hear me, Queen Hera, as your delightful festival nears,
you to whom the sons of Atreus performed vows,
those dazz...
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Categories:
beseechers, god, heart, men, prayer,
Form: Free verse
Kiss the Rain
...KISS THE RAIN
(anguish of a flood survivor)
Distinguish,I can't,between raindrops and tears,
For my face now is a tragedy,carved out by demons .
Do the rains try to sooth...
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Categories:
beseechers, angst, depression, pain, kiss,
Form: Rhyme
My Heart's Tremble
...Waves of the sea deep down in my heart
rage side by side with puff of twilight wind
it trembles my whole body embraced by the sunset
Lord...
more than the amount of the sands of the shore
more t...
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Categories:
beseechers, devotion, love
Form: Free verse