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Anacreon, fr. 360(PMG)
ὦ παῖ παρθένιον βλέπων
δίζημαί σε, σὺ δ’ οὐ κλύεις,
οὐκ εἰδὼς ὅτι τῆς ἐμῆς
ψυχῆς ἡνιοχεύεις.O boy with a maidenly glance, I seek you out, but you do not hear me, not knowing that you are the charioteer of my soul.
A famous fragment. The final word of the second line is an emendation by Erfurdt; perhaps it should be κοεῖς, which also means ‘you do not hear/notice’.
Anacreon, Greek Anthology 11.47.9-10
τὸ σήμερον μέλει μοι,
τὸ δ’ αὔριον τίς οἶδεν;Today is my concern; as for tomorrow – who knows?