Yannis Ritsos – Poems, Volume V

Thoughtful Behaviour

He counted the handshakes, his expressions, his words,

even during the night, when, alone, in his dark room,

he was taking care of his shoes, his clothes, moving

from his bed to the closet. And if, once, at midnight,

he got undressed and observed his nakedness

erotically in front of the mirror, this took place as if

he didn’t know that the voyeur was listening, from

the next room, from the vacant, empty room with

the nails in the walls, and was always watching him  

through the invisible holes in the door and his own body.

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Chthonian Bodies

Ontogenesis
Immortal darkness
of the underworld, oh, Kore
a supplicant I become
the sky to adorn
the cloud with my fear to define
momentous freedom of thought
I am the Great Spirit’s song
eternal warmth of life
I possess before I come down
to find refuge in your abode
after my days reach their end
accept me in your Sanctum Sanctorum
oh Kore, a simple minded fir I’ve been
for all the days and nights of my life

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Η κραυγή τους//Il loro grido

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