Songs

Comme nous l'aimions toutes les deux, nous
As we both loved him, we played for him with
l'avons joué aux osselets. Et ce fut une partie
jacks. And this was a famous match. Many
célèbre. Beaucoup de jeunes filles y
girls watched.
assistaient.
She began first with the stroke of Kyklôpes,
Elle amena d'abord le coup des Kyklôpes, et
and I, the stroke of Solon. But she the
moi, le coup de Solôn. Mais elle, le Kallibolos,
Kallibolos, and I feeling lost, I prayed to the
et moi, me sentant perdue, je priais la déesse!
goddess.
Je jouai, j'eus l'Epiphénôn, elle le terrible coup
I played, I had Epiphénon, she the terrible
de Khios, moi l'Antiteukhos, elle le Trikhias, et
stroke of Khios, me the Antiteukhos, she the
moi le coup d'Aphroditê qui gagna l'amant
Trikhias, and me the stroke of Aphroditê
disputé.
which won the contested lover.
Mais la voyant pâlir, je la pris par le cou et je
But seeing her turn pale, I took her by the neck
lui dis tout près de l'oreille (pour qu'elle seule
and I told her very close to her ear so only she
m'entendit): « Ne pleure pas, petite amie, nous
heard me: “Don’t cry, my little friend, we will
le laisserons choisir entre nous. »
let him choose between us.”