Fragment of The Lovers of Achilles

This sickness is a
ἐφίμερον               or               ἐφήμερον

     (‘desire-bound’)                     (‘day-bound’)
evil:

let me make a pretty good comparison.

When the
φανέντος               or               χυθέντος

       (‘shining’)                                (‘scattering’)
frost appears

children will snatch firm ice in their hands—

at first the pleasure is novel,

but then there is a decision:

heart not willing to let it go,

ice not fit to stay in their hands.

So does the same desire

push and pull lovers

to act and not to act.