Translated by Anita George
Fragment 105 (a)
You: an Archilles' apple
Blushing sweet on a high branch
At the tip of the tallest tree
You escaped those who would pluck
your fruit,
Not that they didn't try. No,
They could not forget you
Poised beyond their reach.
Fragment 105 (c)
O my mountain hyacinth
What shepherds trod upon you
With clumsy, rustic foot?
Now you are a broken seal:
A scarlet stain upon the earth.
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