Golden are her eyes and her cheeks are crystal, and her mouth more delightful than a red rose. Her neck is of marble and her bosom polished; her feet are whiter than silver Thetis. If here and there the thistle-down glistens amid her dark locks, I heed not the white aftermath.
Ὄμματα μὲν χρύσεια, καὶ ὑαλόεσσα παρειή,
καὶ στόμα πορφυρέης τερπνότερον κάλυκος,
δειρὴ λυγδινέη, καὶ στήθεα μαρμαίροντα,
καὶ πόδες ἀργυρέης λευκότεροι Θέτιδος.
εἰ δέ τι καὶ πλοκαμῖσι διαστίλβουσιν ἄκανθαι,
τῆς λευκῆς καλάμης οὐδὲν ἐπιστρέφομαι.
καὶ στόμα πορφυρέης τερπνότερον κάλυκος,
δειρὴ λυγδινέη, καὶ στήθεα μαρμαίροντα,
καὶ πόδες ἀργυρέης λευκότεροι Θέτιδος.
εἰ δέ τι καὶ πλοκαμῖσι διαστίλβουσιν ἄκανθαι,
τῆς λευκῆς καλάμης οὐδὲν ἐπιστρέφομαι.
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Her eyes are gold, her cheek is hyalite, / Her mouth delicious as a dark red rose; / Her bosom gleams, her neck is marbly bright, / And white as silvery Thetis’ are her toes: / In those dark locks some thistle-down she hath? / I take no heed of that white aftermath!
Notes from Wikiquote
W. R. Paton, Greek Anthology, i, pp. 152-3 | W. S. Marris, "Grey Hair",
The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938) | Anth. Pal. v. 60.