168, Middle night

SAPPHO

(Lobel-Page 168 – Σαπφώ – English translation)

Fragment 168.1

oh Adonis

Fragment 168.2

Sunken now is the Moon

And the Pleiades too. Middle

Night, the hour slips by,

Alone I lie.

Fragment 168.3

She festoons herself,

Gaia with her many garlands