168, Away slips the hour

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 168 – Σαπφώ – English translation)

Fragment 168.1

O Adonis

Fragment 168.2

Sunken now is the Moon,

And the Pleiades too. And it's the middle

Of the night – and away slips the hour –

And I, alone, lie.

Fragment 168.3

She festoons herself now – the

Earth – with many garlands