09 Within, Without
Octavio Paz
Όραμα (Χάντρες)
Vision (Beads)
Μὲ εἶδα σὰν ἔκλεισα τὰ μάτια μου:
χῶρος, χῶρος
ὅπου εἶμαι καὶ δὲν εἶμαι.
I saw myself when I closed my eyes:
a space, a space
where I am and am not.
Paz, Octavio. Poems: The Spanish-Language Works. Translated by Giorgos Kentrotis. Edited by Giannis Mamais. Athens: Gutenberg, 2023.
Όραμα (Χάντρες)
Vision (Beads)
Μὲ εἶδα σὰν ἔκλεισα τὰ μάτια μου:
χῶρος, χῶρος
ὅπου εἶμαι καὶ δὲν εἶμαι.
I saw myself when I closed my eyes:
a space, a space
where I am and am not.
Paz, Octavio. Poems: The Spanish-Language Works. Translated by Giorgos Kentrotis. Edited by Giannis Mamais. Athens: Gutenberg, 2023.