Yannis Ritsos
Water and coal
song and stone
the bird and its cage
it and its shadow
tame
in love
everything falls
for the unattainable—
O deprivation O negation
antistrophe acceptance
song and stone
the bird and its cage
it and its shadow
tame
in love
everything falls
for the unattainable—
O deprivation O negation
antistrophe acceptance
affirmative.
from The Shadows of Birds (1980) [Collected Poems: IDelta ---pg 367]
translated by Scott King : http://yannisritsos.blogspot.gr/search/label/The%20Shadows%20of%20Birds%20%281980%29
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