02 Illusions of a Gated Well


Octavio Paz
Σπόροι για έναν ύμνο (Δέσποινα)
Seeds for a Hymn (Despoina)


Κάθε νύχτα κατεβαίνει στὸ πηγάδι
καὶ τὸ πρωὶ φανερώνεται ξανά
μὲ νέο πάντα ἑρπετὸ στὰ χέρια της.

Each night she descends into the well
and in the morning alight once more,
with a new serpent in her hands. 


Paz, Octavio. Poems: The Spanish-Language Works. Translated by Giorgos Kentrotis. Edited by Giannis Mamais. Athens: Gutenberg, 2023.










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