Seferis, Giorgos: Thrush III - The wreck ‘Thrush’ (Κίχλη Γ´ - Τὸ ναυάγιο τῆς «Κίχλης» in English)
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Κίχλη Γ´ - Τὸ ναυάγιο τῆς «Κίχλης» (Greek)«Τὸ ξύλο αὐτὸ ποὺ δρόσιζε τὸ μέτωπό μου Ἄκουσα τὴ φωνὴ Κι ἄλλες φωνὲς σιγὰ-σιγὰ μὲ τὴ σειρά τους Κι ἦρθε ἡ φωνὴ τοῦ γέρου, αὐτὴ τὴν ἔνιωσα «Κι ἂ μὲ δικάσετε νὰ πιῶ τὸ φαρμάκι, εὐχαριστῶ- Χῶρες τοῦ ἥλιου καὶ δὲν μπορεῖτε ν᾿ ἀντικρίσετε τὸν ἥλιο.
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Thrush III - The wreck ‘Thrush’ (English)‘This wood that cooled my forehead I heard the voice And gradually, in turn, other voices followed, And then the voice of the old man reached me; I felt it ‘And if you condemn me to drink poison, I thank you. Countries of the sun yet you cannot face the sun.
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