by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
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Πλέξω λευκόιον, πλέξω δ᾽ ἁπαλὴν ἅμα...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Πλέξω λευκόιον, πλέξω δ᾽ ἁπαλὴν ἅμα μύρτοις
νάρκισσον, πλέξω καὶ τὰ γελῶντα κρίνα,
πλέξω καὶ κρόκον ἡδὺν ἐπιπλέξω δ᾽ ὑάκινθον
πορφυρέην, πλέξω καὶ φιλέραστα ῥόδα,
ὡς ἂν ἐπὶ κροτάφοις μυροβοστρύχου Ἡλιοδώρας
εὐπλόκαμον χαίτην ἀνθοβολῇ στέφανος.

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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London. William Heinemann Ltd., 1916.


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Je tresserai la giroflée blanche
 (Sung text for setting by C. Levadé)
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Language: French (Français)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Je tresserai la giroflée blanche, je tresserai le tendre narcisse 
avec les myrthes, je tresserai les lys joyeux, 
je tresserai le doux safran,  ...  encor l'hyacinthe pourpré, 
 ...  aussi les roses chères à l'amour ; 
afin que, sur les tempes embaumées d'Héliodora, 
la couronne émaille de ses fleurs les belles boucles de sa chevelure.

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