I Took My Lyre Poem by Sappho

I Took My Lyre

Rating: 2.8


I took my lyre and said:
Come now, my heavenly
tortoise shell: become
a speaking instrument

Sappho
tr. Barnard

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
R W 13 July 2009

I registered so I could comment. This short and simple poem relates so much to my life. I know what its like to want to convey feelings to a person through a musical instrument. To want to say something, sometimes you need a 'speaking instrument'... Completly beautiful.

1 0 Reply
READ THIS POEM IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Close
Error Success