‘Nam Sibyllam quidem Cumis ego ipse oculis meis vidi in ampulla pendere, et cum illi pueri dicerent: Σίβυλλα τί θέλεις; respondebat illa: ἀποθανεîν θέλω.’
For Ezra Pound
il miglior fabbro.
For once I saw with my own eyes the Cumean Sibyl hanging in a jar, and when the boys asked her: "Sibyl, what do you want?" she answered "I want to die".
For Ezra Pound
il miglior fabbro