Immortal Sappho: Translations
These are my modern English translations of ancient Greek poems by the immortal Sappho of Lesbos…
With my two small arms, how can I
think to encircle the sky?
—Sappho, fragment 35, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
Mother, how can I weave,
so overwhelmed by love?
—Sappho, fragment 90, loose translation by Michael R. Burch
What cannot be swept ——— aside
must be wept.
—Sappho, loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
