Love, unconquerable, Waster of rich men, keeper Of warm lights and all-night vigil In the soft face of a… — Sophocles

Love, unconquerable,

Waster of rich men, keeper

Of warm lights and all-night vigil

In the soft face of a girl:

Sea-wanderer, forest-visitor!

Even the pure immortals cannot escape you,

And mortal man, in his one day's dusk,

Trembles before your glory.

Ἔρως ἀνίκατε μάχαν,

Ἔρως, ὃς ἐν κτήμασι πίπτεις,

ὃς ἐν μαλακαῖς παρειαῖς

νεάνιδος ἐννυχεύεις,

φοιτᾷς δ᾿ ὑπερπόντιος ἔν τ᾿

ἀγρονόμοις αὐλαῖς·

καί σ᾿ οὔτ᾿ ἀθανάτων φύξιμος οὐδεὶς

οὔθ᾿ ἁμερίων σέ γ᾿ ἀν-

θρώπων, ὁ δ᾿ ἔχων μέμηνεν.

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