Octavio Paz
Σόλο για δύο φωνές
Solo for Two Voices

Στῆς ἁφιερωμένης τοῦ νεροῦ ἀβρᾶ
σκοποὺν παντοῦ οἱ παρθένες.
Τσιμέντο καὶ ἐργασία.

In the tender grace of water consecrated,
the virgins keep watch everywhere.
Cement and labor.

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