Untitled Lyric Fragment by Sappho
[Text of the poem fragment in the original Greek]
[Translation by Anne Carson]
34
stars around the beautiful moon
hide back their luminous form
whenever all full she shines
on the earth
silvery
Source of the text in Greek and in translation – Anne Carson, If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, pages 68-69.
TJB: Without a love of her own, the poet imagines her beloved as the full (pregnant?) moon, as a sort of bride, with stars as mere bridesmaids.
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