Octavio Paz
Αγόρι και σβούρα (Χάντρες)
Boy and Spinning Top (Beads)

Κάθε φορά ποὺ τὴν πετάει,
πέφτει, ἀκριβῶς,
στὸ κέντρο τοῦ κόσμου.

Each time he throws it,
it falls, precisely,
at the navel of the world.

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