Lynxes

We are here waiting the sun-rise
       and the next sunrise
for three nights amid lynxes. For three nights
        of the oak-wood
and the vines are thick in their branches
        no vine lacking flower,
no lynx lacking a flower rope
       no Maelid minus a wine jar
this forest is named Melagrana

0 lynx, keep the edge on my cider
Keep it clear without cloud

We have lain here amid kalicanthus and sword-flower
       The heliads are caught in wild rose vine
The smell of pine mingles with rose leaves
              0 lynx, be many
              of spotted fur and sharp ears.
              0 lynx, have your eyes gone yellow,
              with spotted fur and sharp ears?

Therein is the dance of the bassarids
       Therein are centaurs
And now Priapus with Faunus
       The Graces have brought 'Athopothírnu
       Her cell is drawn by ten leopards

              0 lynx, guard my vineyard
              As the grape swells under vine leaf
              "Hlios is come to our mountain
              there is a red glow in the carpet of pine spikes

0 lynx, guard my vineyard
As the grape swells under vine leaf

This Goddess was born of sea-foam
She is lighter than air under Hesperus