To Aphrodite

by Sappho

 

You know the place: then

Leave Crete and come to us

waiting where the grove is

pleasantest, by precincts

 

 

 

 

 

sacred to you; incense

smokes on the altar, cold

streams murmur through the

 

 

 

 

apple branches, a young

rose thicket shades the ground

and quivering leaves pour

 

 

 

 

down deep sleep; in meadows

where horses have grown sleek

among spring flowers, dill

 

 

 

 

scents the air. Queen! Cyprian!

Fill our gold cups with love

stirred into clear nectar

 

 

 

致阿芙洛狄特

 （萨福/作，张文武/译）

 

你知道这个地方：那么

离开克里特岛到我们这里来吧，

我们在最美好的果树林边

等着你，就在那专属于你的

 

领地；香气

在圣坛上升腾，清凉的

溪水的潺潺声穿越

 

苹果树枝，娇嫩的

玫瑰花丛遮盖着地面

颤抖的叶片陷入

 

沉沉睡梦中；草地上

春花朵朵，马儿们

皮毛光鲜，小茴香的气息

 

弥漫在空气里。女王！塞浦路斯！

将我们的金杯注满爱

搅出清冽的众神之酒.........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

jazz suits and poem to my girl friend saewind.....

and

her beautiful garden:  

 

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