Fragment #24A

#24A

O Phaon, my beloved, the only keeper of my heart

Steadfast, you will remember our pledge to never part

Happy, for we were in our youth at the beginning, the start

                             Of this saga, we did these things

My dearest, yes many and beautiful things we performed

Round Lesbos where the waters were so invitingly warm

We frolicked on the rugged coastline through many a storm

                             Waiting for what life brings

Our road was hard and treacherous but we survived, thus

Many a lover had you as did I, this we don’t need to discuss

Love at last triumphs, jubilation, as I leap to join you in Oceanus

                             Transformed, as the maenads sings