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The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.

Sappho

No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
He who is fair to look upon is good, and he who is good will soon be fair also.
SAPPHO

Fair Goodness Himself
Love shook my heart/ Like the wind on the mountain/ Troubling the oak-trees.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shook Tree Trouble
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SAPPHO

Heaven Instrument Myself Talk
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.
SAPPHO

Mindset Myself
The evening star Is the most beautiful of all stars.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Evening Stars
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Would Jove appoint some flower to reign, in matchless beauty on the plain, the Rose (mankind will all agree). The Rose the queen of flowers should be.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing On the face of the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves.
SAPPHO

Black Earth Face Infant Love Oneself
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
Builders, raise the ceiling high, Raise the dome into the sky, Hear the wedding song! For the happy groom is near, Tall as Mars, and statelier, Hear the wedding song!
SAPPHO

Build Marriage Raise Sky
With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down
SAPPHO

Myself Strike Venom

The moon is setand the Pleiades; Middle ofthe night, time passes by,I lie alone.

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