Of the Aegean

I-

Love

The archipelago

And the prow of'its surf

And the seagulls of its dreams

On the topmost mast a sailor flutters away

A song

Love

His song

And the horizons of his voyage

And the echo of his desire for the home

On the wettest rock his betrothed

A ship

Love

His ship

And the unconcern of the summer breeze

And the end of his hope

In its lightest ripple an island

-II-

Playful waters

In the shady passes

Greet the coming dawn

With their kisses

The horizon-

And the wild pigeons coo

Loudly in their cavern

An azure áwakening in the spring

Of day

The sun-

The northwest wind gives the sail

To the sea

The caress of the hair

To the nonchalance of his dreams

Coolness -

A wave in the light

Regenerates the eyes

Where life is sailing

To the open vista

Life-

-III-

Kiss of a ripple on its caressed sand - Love

The seagull traces its blue liberty

On the horizon

Waves come and go

A tòamy answer to the ears of the shells

Who has taken the blonde and the brunette?

The sea-breeze turns with its transparent blow

The sail ot a dream

Far away

Love murmurs its promise - Rustle of a ripple.

ODYSSEAS ELYTES Orientations

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