answerMEsongOFtheHEart

saFo

«… las doncellas traen un hermoso peplo 
y a tu altar se agrupa junto a ellas
la apretada fila de mujeres ...

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One girl

                                I 

Like the sweet apple which reddens upon the topmost bough, 

Atop on the topmost twig, — which the pluckers forgot, somehow, — 

Forget it not, nay; but got it not, for none could get it till now. 

                               II 

Like the wild hyacinth flower which on the hills is found, 

Which the passing feet of the shepherds for ever tear and wound, 

Until the purple blossom is trodden in the ground.

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Amor ha agitado mis entrañas
como el huracán que sacude monte abajo las encinas.
Viniste.
Hiciste bien.
Yo te estaba aguardando.
Has prendido fuego a mi corazón,
que se abrasa de deseo. »

••• Safo de Mitilene, o Safo de Lesbos (en griego, Σαπφώ; en eolio, Ψάπφω)•••

hairOtica

“L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.”

“L'amor che move il sole e l'altre stelle.” 
― Dante Alighieri

Amor, ch'al cor gentile ratto s'apprende
prese costui de la bella persona
che mi fu tolta; e 'l modo ancor m'offende.

Amor, che a nullo amato amar perdona,
Mi prese del costui piacer sì forte,
Che, come vedi, ancor non m'abbandona...

"Love, which quickly arrests the gentle heart,
Seized him with my beautiful form
That was taken from me, in a manner which still grieves me.

Love, which pardons no beloved from loving,
took me so strongly with delight in him
That, as you see, it still abandons me not..."

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