by Sappho (flourished c610-c580 BCE)
Translation © by Mary Barnard (1909 - 2001)

Ἔρος δ' ἐτίναξέ μοι
Language: Aeolic Greek 
Ἔρος δ' ἐτίναξέ μοι
φρένας, ὠς ἄνεμος κὰτ ὄρος δρύσιν ἐμπέτων.

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See also Wie hernieder vom Berge Sturmwind stürzt.


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