Sappho

I love delicate softness:
For me, love has brought the brightness
And the beauty of the Sun …. 
ἔγω δὲ φίλημμ᾽ ἀβροσύναν [...] τοῦτο καί μοι
τὸ λάμπρον ἔρως ἀελίω καὶ τὸ κάλον λέλογχε.
Sappho, poetic fragment: P. Oxyrhynchus. XV (1922) nr. 1787 fr. 1 et 2



Sappho: Poetic Fragments
Translated by DW Myatt