102, Tenderly by Aphrodite

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 102 – Σαπφώ – English translation)

NOTE: "One for a girl..." παῖδος ("youth" here) is ungendered, but the word in its other forms (e.g. πάις) is mostly used by Sappho to refer to girls, sometimes in a romantic context such as in 49, Atthis, once, though other translators may interpret the youth as a boy.

Sweet mother! no more, you see, can I weave my web: under a

Longing I've been subdued – one for a girl – so tenderly by Aphrodite.