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With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down

Sappho

Mere air, these words, but delicious to hear.
SAPPHO

Delicious Hear Word
For some the fairest thing on the dark earth is Thermopylae, And the Spartan phalanx lowering lances to die.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Beauty endures only for as long as it can be seen; goodness, beautiful today, will remain so tomorrow.
SAPPHO

Beautiful Endurance Goodness Willing
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
No honey for me, if it comes with a bee.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
There is no place for grief in a house which serves the Muse.
SAPPHO

Grief Home Place Serve
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
Once again love drives me on, that loosener of limbs, bittersweet creature against which nothing can be done.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Death is an ill; ’tis thus the Gods decide: / For had death been a boon, the Gods had died.
SAPPHO

Death Decision God Sick
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SAPPHO

Heaven Instrument Myself Talk
I will let my body flow like water over the gentle cushions.
SAPPHO

Body Cushion Flow Gentle
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SAPPHO

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

Beautiful Evening Stars
Although only breath, words which I command are immortal.
SAPPHO

Breathe Command Immortal Myself Word
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

With his venom irresistible and bittersweet that loosener of limbs, Love reptile-like strikes me down

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