Vanessa Herrera-Rojas

Sappho 31 Translation

That man who seems equal to the gods,

Sits opposite of you

Listening attentively to your sweet voice.

Your laugh-

So contagious it makes my heart flutter in my chest.

Looking at you leaves me speechless,

This silence causes a rush of sensation through my body-

My tongue, my skin, my eyes, my ears.

I am left covered in sweat, trembling, looking paler than green grass.

This feeling nearly costs me my life,

I am closer to death, than life.

But everything good must come from some uncertainty.