Modern Greek Music based upon the poetry of Sappho:



Hermes came and slipped into my dream;
And I said to him, my Lord, how did my life go for lost?

And I don't smile anymore, I have no joy ,neither I want the riches;
But some longing has fastened on me, I want to die,
And see Acherons dewy lotus-banks.



All through the night
The dark sleep blanks out my eyes
And it burns, it burns
And the pothos sets me alight
All over my body

What I want? I don't even know.
Two voices are inside me.
What I want? I don't even know.
Drop by drop is my suffering...



The gleaming stars all around the shining moon
Hide their bright faces, when full-orbed and splendid
In the sky she floats, flooding the shadowed earth
with silver-smothered light.



Swiftly the time past, it's almost midnight
The moon is gone, gone are the Pleiades, they dawned
And I recline alone, deserted
Eros who shares sorrows, Eros
Who weaves fairytales stole my soul
And shook it like the wind in the mountains
Rushes, strikes within the oaks windblowing



Poem by Sappho for marital ceremonies - Translation on screen.



...And Finally, a poem of Sappho sung in the original Ancient Greek verse

I call you, Gogylla
Reveal yourself next to me once more
When you wear the white chiton, like the milk
I wish you knew the lust of those around you.
Beautiful, and how I'm glad that I am not the one who scolds you
But the Cypriot born (Aphrodite)

Further reading on poetry turned to songs:
http://greeksongstories.wordpress.co...-the-miracles/