Nikos Samartzidis Collection: Linear B Paintings and Poetry

Treasure, 2006

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Source: Odysseas Elytis, “Maria Nepheli”.
Translation by Jeffrey Carson and Nikos Sarris
Οδ. Ελύτης: «Μαρία Νεφέλη»

me-sa, to, ke-no, te-sa-u-ri-za,
ka-i, to, me-sa, to-u,
te-sa-to-ro-u, me-no,
ke-no,
o-du-se-a, e-ru-te

«...Μές το κενό θησαύριζα και τώρα πάλι μές τους θησαυρούς μένω κενός...»
Οδυσσέα Ελύτη

"... Amid emptiness I hoarded treasure and now again amid treasure I remain empty..."
Odysseas Elytis

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