Look, still is the sea and still are the breezes; but the pain in my heart is not still.
ἠνίδε σιγῇ μὲν πόντος, σιγῶντι δ᾿ ἀῆται,
ἁ δ᾿ ἐμὰ οὐ σιγῇ στέρνων ἔντοσθεν ἀνία.
ἁ δ᾿ ἐμὰ οὐ σιγῇ στέρνων ἔντοσθεν ἀνία.
Original text (Ancient Greek)
Original text (Ancient Greek)
While there's life there’s hope, and only the dead have none.
Sweeter, shepherd, falls thy song than yonder stream that tumbles plashing from the rocks.
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