To a Girl in a Garden

  by: Sappho (c. 610-570 B.C.)

    translated by Arthur S. Way


 

Fragments 121, 123, 122, and 126 combined.

O soft and dainty maiden, from afar
I watch you, as amidst the flowers you move,
    And pluck them, singing.

 

More golden than all gold your tresses are:
Never was harp-note like your voice, my love,
    Your voice sweet-ringing.


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