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Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.

Sappho

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

Delicious Hear Word
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
SAPPHO

Ancient Mountain Shake Soul
If you are squeamish Don’t prod the beach rubble.
SAPPHO

Nature Yourself
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
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

Bring Morning Togetherness
I would not think to touch the sky with two arms
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Death must be an evil and the gods agree; for why else would they live for ever?
SAPPHO

Agreement Death Evil God
Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables.
SAPPHO

Fantasy Love One Liner
Death is an evil; the gods have so judged; had it been good, they would die.
SAPPHO

Death Evil God Judgement
Whatever one loves most is beautiful.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
How love the limb-loosener sweeps me away.
SAPPHO

Away Love Myself
Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery.
SAPPHO

Earth Embroidery Flower Spring
From all the offspring of the earth and heaven love is the most precious.
SAPPHO

Earth Heaven Precious
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
I took my lyre and said: come now, my heavenly tortoise shell: become a speaking instrument.
SAPPHO

Heaven Instrument Myself Talk
Dancing up the full moon Round some fair new altar Trample the soft blossoms of fine grass.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur

Love, like a mountain-wind upon an oak, falling upon me, shakes me leaf and bough.

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