Con una fronda di mirto | Con una fronda di mirto giocavo

by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE)

Translation by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968)

ἔχουσα θαλλὸν μυρσίνης ἐτέρπετο

Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)

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by Archilochus (flourished c700/c650 BCE), no title

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Con una frona di mirto

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Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Greek (Ελληνικά)

Con una fronda di mirto giocavo 
ed una fresca rosa;
                     e la sua chioma 
le ombrava lieve e gli omeri e le spalle.

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by Salvatore Quasimodo (1901 - 1968), no title

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