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2 poems translated from Greek
Love Song
My love, when we kissed it was night; who saw us?
The evening star saw us, the moon saw us,
And the moon bent down and told it to the sea;
The sea told it to the oar, and the oar told the sailor,
And the sailor sang it to the slender girl in the doorway.
Lullaby
Sleep, who takes the children, come and receive this child
I gave him to you very small, bring him to me grown large,
Large like the high mountain, straight like the cypress tree,
And let his branches stretch to the East and to the West.
My love, when we kissed it was night; who saw us?
The evening star saw us, the moon saw us,
And the moon bent down and told it to the sea;
The sea told it to the oar, and the oar told the sailor,
And the sailor sang it to the slender girl in the doorway.
Lullaby
Sleep, who takes the children, come and receive this child
I gave him to you very small, bring him to me grown large,
Large like the high mountain, straight like the cypress tree,
And let his branches stretch to the East and to the West.
Published 10th Aug 2010
| Edited 22nd Jul 2015
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10th Aug 2010 2:32pm
these are sweet and light. they feel like old nursery rhymes from another culture; well, probably Greek. [:
10th Aug 2010 3:06pm
'Sweet and light' is exactly what they are, Jacki. I can't claim original authorship, but when I translated them I was struck by their simple beauty.
