Linear A haiku, violets parallel to violets for Kaniami, from her father, in Linear A, archaic Greek, English and French:
As can clearly be seen from the original inscription on this exquisitely crafted golden pin from the A.Y. Nikolaos Museum, Crete, the text of the haiku closely follows the original:
Sappho, spelled (in the dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos, Greece — died c. 570 BCE). A lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style.
Her language contains elements from Aeolic vernacular and poetic tradition, with traces of epic vocabulary familiar to readers of Homer. She has the ability to judge critically her own ecstasies and grief, and her emotions lose nothing of their force by being recollected in tranquillity.
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3 responses to “Linear A haiku, violets parallel to violets for Kaniami, from her father, in Linear A, archaic Greek, English and French”
What a sweet haiku 😀
Thank you cav12
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