On Women _ Ἐις Γυναῖκας

From

"The Odes of Anakreon"
Composed by Petros Tampouris
Sung bu Stefania Gatsakou

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Ανακρέοντος "Ωδαι"
Μουσική : Πέτρος Ταμπούρης
Τραγουδά η Στεφανία Γκατσάκου

On Women
Translated by Thomas Stanley

Horns to bulls wise Nature lends;
Horses she with hoofs defends;
Hares with nimble feet relieves;
Dreadful teeth to lions gives;
Fishes learn through streams to slide;
Birds through yielding air to glide;
Men with courage she supplies;
But to women these denies.
What then gives she? Beauty, this
Both their arms and armour is:
She, that can this weapon use,
Fire and sword with ease subdues.