♡ ㅤ ━━ ㅤ ask meme. fragments of sappho.
beloved.
for we, in our youth did these things. yes, many and beautiful things.
it puts the heart in my chest on wings when i look at you.
i long and seek after.
you burn me.
as long as you want.
and i on a soft pillow will lay down my limbs.
eros shook my mind like a mountain wind falling on oak trees.
you cooled my mind that burned with longing.
i don’t know what to do, two states of mind in me.
bind your hair with lovely crowns, tying stems of anise together in your soft hands.
you would be willing.
i say i have been a strong lover.
oh, how badly things have turned out for us.
remember me. for you know how we cherished you.
and many woven garlands made of flowers around your soft throat.
on a soft bed, delicate, you would let loose your longing.
but a kind of yearning has hold of me.
her light stretches over salt sea equally and flower deep fields.
i am broken with longing.
of all stars, the most beautiful.
aphrodite has honored you exceedingly.
desire is poured upon your lovely face.
i used to weave crowns.
may you sleep on the breast of your delicate friend.
eros the melter of limbs now again stirs me.
i conversed with you in a dream.
someone will remember us, i say. even in another time.
far more sweet sounding than a lyre golder than gold.
my darling one.