Tasos Livaditis – Poems, Volume II

Posted: 31/01/2023 by vequinox in Literature

ΤΟ ΑΓΑΛΜΑ

      Ήτανε μαύρες μέρες, πυροβολισμοί παντού, η πόλη ανάστα-

τη, τα πλήθη τρέχαν εξαγριωμένα, “κρύψε με” φώναξα απελπι-

σμένος κι αγκάλιασα το άγαλμα στην πλατεία. Κι όταν μ’ έφτα-

σαν, δε βρήκαν παρά το έρημο άγαλμα και στα πόδια του ένα σκυλί

στεκόταν σαστισμένο,

      που το πυροβόλησαν οι άθλιοι.

THE STATUE

     Those were the dark days: shootings; the city upside down

the people were angry and they run, “Hide me” I screamed

in desperation and hugged the statue of the plaza. And when

they reached me they found the deserted statue with the panicked

dog standing by its feet, 

     which the miserable people shot.

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