Greek Folk Song

Under dusky laurel leaf,   Scarlet leaf of rose, I lie prone, who have known   All a woman knows. Love and grief and motherhood,   Fame and mirth and scorn— These are all shall befall   Any woman born. Jewel-laden are my hands,   Tall my stone above— Do not weep that I sleep,   Who was wise in love. Where I walk, a shadow gray   Through gray asphodel, I am glad, who have had   All that life can tell.