N.G. Pentzikis:

From studying the monuments of our religious tradition, I have drawn conclusions about the symmetrically unsymmetrical and about the fact that an uneven square may be geometrically more correct than an even one, about rhythm as the basic element explaining the world and human life…- N.G. Pentzikis

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Ο Πόρφυρας



1.
Always watchful about you has been Hell’s steady vigil;
But its power is quite limited, except far away
Beyond the realm of Paradise; but you possess within you
In your heart a place, can you hear it stir with longing?
1.

Η Κόλαση πάντ' άγρυπνη σου στήθηκε τριγύρου·
Αλλά δεν έχει δύναμη πάρεξ μακριά και πέρα
Μακριά 'πό την Παράδεισο, και συ σ' εσέ 'χεις μέρος·
Μέσα στα στήθια σου τ' ακούς, Καλέ, να λαχταρίζει;

8.
Before it ceased the brave breath experienced great joy;
A light flashed like lightening and the youth knew himself;
The worlds opened round him, crowning him with laurels,
………………………………………………………….
A remnant most wonderful of solitude and splendor,
O good and handsome stranger, while your youth blossoms,
Go and accept by the strand the mighty man’s weeping.

8.

Πριν πάψ' η μεγαλόψυχη πνοή χαρά γεμίζει·
Άστραψε φως κι εγνώρισεν ο νιος τον εαυτό του·
Οι κόσμοι γύρου ν' άνοιγαν κορόνες να του ρίξουν.
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Απομεινάρι θαυμαστό ερμιάς και μεγαλείου,
Όμορφε ξένε και καλέ, και στον ανθό της νιότης,
Άμε και δέξου στο γιαλό του δυνατού την κλάψα.


Translation by Marios Byron Raizis in "Faith and the Motherland: Collected Poems"

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