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Soft was the wind in the beech-trees

by Sappho
Translated by Bliss Carman (1904) · From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, LXXXIV

Soft was the wind in the beech-trees;
Low was the surf on the shore;
In the blue dusk one planet
Like a great sea-pharos shone.

But nothing to me were the sea-sounds,
The wind and the yellow star,
When over my breast the banner
Of your golden hair was spread.

This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.

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