I don’t know what to do
????? ????? two states of mind in me
51: I don’t know what to do, translated by Anne Carson
I have had not one word from her
Frankly I wish I were dead.
When she left, she wept
a great deal; she said to
me, This parting must be
endured, Sappho. I go unwillingly.”
I said, “Go, and be happy
but remember (you know
well) whom you leave shackled by love
If you forget me, think
of our gifts to Aphrodite
and all the loveliness that we shared
all the violet tiaras,
braided rosebuds, dill and
crocus twined around your young neck
Sappho
