elladastinkardiamou:In fear and suspicions,in mind disturbed and frightened eyes,as we melt down we
elladastinkardiamou:In fear and suspicions,in mind disturbed and frightened eyes,as we melt down we design how to actto avoid the dangerthe unavoidable thus horribly threatening us.Yet we err, it isn’t this on our way;false were the messages(we didn’t listen to them or didn’t rightly sense).A different disaster, never imagined,abrupt, rapid falls upon us,and unprepared as we are - now no time left - tears us apart.——Μέσα στὸν φόβο καὶ στὲς ὑποψίες,μὲ ταραγμένο νοῦ καὶ τρομαγμένα μάτια,λυώνουμε καὶ σχεδιάζουμε τὸ πῶς νὰ κάμουμεγιὰ ν’ ἀποφύγουμε τὸν βέβαιοτὸν κίνδυνο ποὺ ἔτσι φρικτὰ μᾶς ἀπειλεῖ.Κι ὅμως λανθάνουμε, δὲν εἶν’ αὐτὸς στὸν δρόμοψεύτικα ἦσαν τὰ μηνύματα(ἢ δὲν τ’ ἀκούσαμε, ἢ δὲν τὰ νοιώσαμε καλά).Ἄλλη καταστροφή, ποὺ δὲν τὴν φανταζόμεθαν,ἐξαφνική, ραγδαία πέφτει ἐπάνω μας,κι ἀνέτοιμους - ποῦ πιὰ καιρὸς - μᾶς συνεπαίρνει.(Konstantin Cavafy. Finished (Τελειωμένα). 1910-11)(Painting: Theophrastos Triantafyllidis. Two Children on the Beach. 1919) -- source link
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