The moon has set. The Pleiades have gone.
It’s midnight. Time goes by. I lie alone.
Sappho, Fragment 168b
δέδυκε μεν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληΐαδες• μέσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δ᾽ ἔρχετ᾽ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.
‘…a lovely day in Cape Town. On your right
Is Table Mountain, and below us here
A view of Robben Island in the bay.’
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Image by Kaihsu Tai
The moon has set. The Pleiades have gone.
It’s midnight. Time goes by. I lie alone.
δέδυκε μεν ἀ σελάννα
καὶ Πληΐαδες• μέσαι δὲ
νύκτες, πάρα δ᾽ ἔρχετ᾽ ὤρα,
ἔγω δὲ μόνα κατεύδω.

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