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61 " you came and I was crazy for youand you cooled my mind that burned with longing "
― Sappho , If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
62 " Love shook my heartLike the wind on the mountainrushing over the oak trees. "
― Sappho
63 " I declareThat later on, Even in an age unlike our own,Someone will remember who we are. "
― Sappho , Poems and Fragments
64 " you burn me "
65 " Love is a cunning weaver of fantasies and fables. "
66 " I have not had one word from herFrankly I wish I were deadWhen she left, she wepta great deal; she said to me, "This parting must beendured, Sappho. I go unwillingly."I said, "Go, and be happybut remember (you knowwell) whom you leave shackled by love"If you forget me, thinkof our gifts to Aphroditeand all the loveliness that we shared"all the violet tiaras,braided rosebuds, dill andcrocus twined around your young neck"myrrh poured on your headand on soft mats girls withall that they most wished for beside them"while no voices chantedchoruses without ours,no woodlot bloomed in spring without song... "
67 " I know not what to do, my mind is divided "
68 " The gleaming stars all about the shining moonHide their bright faces, when full-orbed and splendidIn the sky she floats, flooding the shadowed earth with clear silver light. "
69 " You may blame Aphrodite soft as she is she has almost killed me with love for that boy "
70 " Whoever he is who opposite you sits and listens close to your sweet speaking and lovely laughing – oh it puts the heart in my chest on wings for when I look at you, even a moment, no speaking is left in meno: tongue breaks and thinfire is racing under skinand in eyes no sight and drummingfills earsand cold sweat holds me and shakinggrips me all, greener than grass "
71 " The moon has setAnd the Pleiades.Midnight.I lie in bed alone. "
72 " I would not think to touch the sky with two arms "
73 " may you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend "
74 " Come to me now and loosen mefrom blunt agony. Laborand fill my heart with fire. Stand by meand be my ally. "
75 " Some say an army of horsemen, or infantry,A fleet of ships is the fairest thingOn the face of the black earth, but I sayIt's what one loves. "
76 " Honestly, I wish I were dead.Weeping many tears, she left me and said,“Alas, how terribly we suffer, Sappho.I really leave you against my will.”And I answered: “Farewell, go and remember me.You know how we cared for you.If not, I would remind you ... of our wonderful times.For by my side you put onmany wreaths of rosesand garlands of flowersaround your soft neck.And with precious and royal perfumeyou anointed yourself.On soft beds you satisfied your passion.And there was no dance,no holy placefrom which we were absent. "
77 " Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery "
78 " Come to me once more, and abate my torment;Take the bitter care from my mind, and give meAll I long for; Lady, in all my battlesFight as my comrade. "
79 " Raise high the roof beam, carpenters. Like Ares comes the bridegroom, taller far than a tall man. "
80 " What creature is it that isfemale in nature and hidesin its womb unborn childrenwho, although they are voiceless, speak to people far away?The female creature is a letter.The unborn children are the letters(of the alphabet) it carries. And the letters, although they have no voices,speak to people far away. "