Grillos, 2016
Source: Odysseas Elytis, "The Garden with the Illusions".
Free translation by Nikos Samartzidis
Οδυσσέα Ελύτη: «Ο κήπος με τις αυταπάτες
Linear B:
ka-i, ti, o-mo-ri-pi-a,
ti, su-po-no-i-a, me-ra, nu-ku-ta, na,
a-ko-u, ti, ne-o-nu-pe, e-ri-e,
ka, ta, po-ro-pa-to-ri-ka,
ni-ri-zo-ni-a,
o-du-se-a,
e-ru-te,
Greek:
«...Και τί ομορφιά, τί σύμπνοια! Μέρα νύχτα ν’ ακούς τις νεόνυμφες ελιές και
τα προπατορικά τριζόνια...»
Οδυσσέα Ελύτη
English:
„...And what a harmony and beauty! Hearing night and day the flowering olive
trees and the ancestral crickets chirping...”
Odysseas Elytis
