Sappho: A New Rendering

Men call her the greatest lyric poet that the world has known, basing their judgment on the few perfect fragments that remain of her song.

人们称她为世界所知的最伟大的抒情诗人，依据的只是她残存的几段完美的诗篇断章。

Sappho remains, eternal as Sirius, and it is doubtful if her charm and her hold upon the world would have been strengthened by the full preservation of her work.

萨福依然存在，如天狼星般永恒；很难说完整保存她的作品是否会增强她的魅力和对世界的影响。