#anna carson

[kaziglu]

[HERAKLES. Gone gladly home, to Athens. But come children, let us go in. Into your father's house. How beautiful are entrances, compared to exits! Be strong, don't cry. And you, dear wife, gather yourself, no more trembling, let go my clothes. I have no wings, I shall not fly away. Ah, but they do not let go, they hold tight to my clothes. Did you come so close to the razor's edge? Here, I will take your hands and lead you like a big ship towing little boats behind.]

– “HERAKLES”, euripides, trans. anne carson.

[thebookishdregs]

my darling one

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

with what eyes?

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

with anger spreading in the chest to guard against a vainly barking tongue

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

when all night long it pulls them down

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

someone will remember us I say even in another time

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

do not move stones

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson

[thebookishdregs]

I want to say something but shame prevents me

if not, winter; the fragments of Sappho. translated by Anna Carson