26 ["Frequently / for those"]

By Sappho
Translated By Anne Carson
            ]frequently
            ]for those
     I treat well are the ones who most of all
        ]harm me
            ]crazy
            ]
            ]
            ]
            ]you, I want
            ]to suffer
        ]in myself I am
    aware of this
    ]
    ]
    ]

Copyright Credit: Sappho , "26: Frequently for those" from IF NOT, WINTER: FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO by Sappho, translated by Anne Carson, copyright © 2002 by Anne Carson. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of the
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Source:  IF NOT, WINTER: FRAGMENTS OF SAPPHO (Knopf Doubleday, 2002)