I thought my elemental list found poem reminded me of something, and
realized it was this poem by Nikos Gatsos, so I did a translation of
it which is just a quick knock together but with poetry like this a
plain literal translation can be effective. This is actually a song
lyric which in a musical setting by Manos Hadjidakis became a top
popular hit in Greece. The American equivalent would be something
like a musical setting of a poem by Wallace Stevens becoming a top
hit. The difficulty of imagining this says much about American
culture.
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Jon Corelis www.geocities.com/joncpoetics/
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