Thursday, January 18, 2007

Dionisis, The Sufist

THE GIRL WITH ROSES

You, who brings the roses, is from the roses the enchantment/
you bring.
What do you sell? You? The roses, or the roses and you?

Dionisis

Palatine Anthology
Translated by IP from the portuguese one made by Fernando Pessoa


"The Greek Anthology, so-called "Palatine Anthology, is a collection of over 6,000 short Greek poems. They cover a great variety of subjects in various styles, and were composed by some 300 poets over more than a millenium of Greek culture."

See: www.ancientlibrary.com/greek-anthology

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