I'm undecided.
My mind? Torn. Divided.

Unsure as a babe new-born,
My mind is divided, torn.

I don't know what to do:
My mind is [divided, two]1.

H. Ajiashvili sets stanza 3

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¹ Ajiashvili: "divided,/ Split in two"

Text Authorship:

• by Michael R. Burch (b. 1958), "Sappho, fragment 51", loose translation/interpretation [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

• a text in Aeolic Greek by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE), no title, appears in Fragments, no. 51
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• by Hana Ajiashvili , no title, 2015, copyright © 2019 [ 2 sopranos, recorder, viola da gamba, harpsichord and guitar ], from Mere Air, no. 4, Rijswijk : Stichting Donemus Beheer; two texts simultaneously
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