Sappho Fragment 2: How Can I Compete With That Damned Man
...Sappho fragment #2
translation by Michael R. Burch
How can I compete with that damned man
who fancies himself one of the gods,
impressing you with his "eloquence" ...
when just the thought of ...
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Categories:
voigt, girl, girlfriend, love, lust,
Form: Sapphic stanza
Sappho's Rose
...Our English Rose
by Michael R. Burch
for Christine Ena Burch
The rose is—
the ornament of the earth,
the glory of nature,
the archetype of the flowers,
the blush of the meadows,
a lightni...
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Categories:
voigt, beautiful, beauty, earth, flower,
Form: Epigram
Sing, Lyre: Sappho Translation
...Sappho, fragment 118
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Sing, my sacred tortoiseshell lyre;
come, let my words
accompany your voice.
"Quoted by Hermogenes and Eustathius. Sappho is appare...
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Categories:
voigt, Lullaby, muse, music, song,
Form: Epigram
A Short Transparent Frock: Sappho Translation
...Sappho, fragment 155
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
A short transparent frock?
It's just my luck
your lips were made to mock!
NOTE: This is a translation/interpretation of an epigram ...
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Categories:
voigt, clothes, desire, fashion, girl,
Form: Verse
Clinging Dresses: Sappho Translation
...Sappho fragment 22
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
That enticing girl's clinging dresses
leave me trembling, overcome by happiness,
as once, when I saw the Goddess in my prayers
eclips...
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Categories:
voigt, beauty, crush, desire, girl,
Form: Epigram
Pain Drains Me: Sappho Translation
...Sappho, fragment 58
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
Pain
drains
me
to
the
last
drop
.
Sappho, fragment 130 (Lobel-Page 130 / Voigt 130)
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Categories:
voigt, depression, emotions, feelings, grief,
Form: Epigram
Sappho Translation: Eros
...SAPPHO TRANSLATIONS
Eros harrows my heart:
wild winds whipping desolate mountains,
uprooting oaks.
—Sappho, fragment 42, translation by Michael R. Burch
Sappho, fragment 113
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Categories:
voigt, desire, longing, love, lust,
Form: Epigram