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I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.

Sappho

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

Death Evil God Judgement
Eros harrows my heart: wild gales sweeping desolate mountains, uprooting oaks.
SAPPHO

Heart Mountain Myself Root Wild
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
Hesperus bringing together All that the morning star scattered.
SAPPHO

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

Death Decision God Sick
In gold sandals / dawn like a thief / fell upon me.
SAPPHO

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

Away Love Myself
Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us.
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
You may forget but let me tell you this: someone in some future time will think of us.
SAPPHO

Forget Future Thinking Time Yourself
What cannot be said will be wept.
SAPPHO

Anand Thakur
Eros seizes and shakes my very soul like the wind on the mountain shaking ancient oaks.
SAPPHO

Ancient Mountain Shake Soul
I know not what to do, my mind is divided.
SAPPHO

Division Known Mindset Myself
The moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone.
SAPPHO

Alone Moon Pass Sleep Time
Without warning as a whirlwind swoops on an oak Love shakes my heart.
SAPPHO

Heart Love Shake Warning

I do not know what to do, my mind’s in two.

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