PagineTell me what this life means
by Sappho
Translated by Bliss Carman (1904) · From Sappho: One Hundred Lyrics, LXXV
Tell me what this life means,
O my prince and lover,
With the autumn sunlight
On thy bronze-gold head?
With thy clear voice sounding
Through the silver twilight,—
What is the lost secret
Of the tacit earth?
This poem and this translation are in the public domain. Source text: Project Gutenberg.