Liberation

We present this work in honor of the poet’s 110th birthday.

01-01 Vrettakos
Nikiforos Vrettakos
Greek
1912 – 1991

 

My soul dances today, winged,
looking to alight on a branch
of light, to hear, see, say
whatever can be heard, seen, said.
It’s good to know, and know well,
that the thing you are
was hatched out of darkness.

 

Translation by Robert Zaller and Lili Bita

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