Απολογισμός

Νύχτωσε. 

Ώρα πού αναρωτιέται κανείς τι έπραξε στη ζωή του.

Κι οι νεκροί πλάγιασαν και σταύρωσαν τα χέρια, 

σαν αυτό που ψάχναν

να το αγγίζουν, 

επιτέλους, 

μέσα τους.

Τάσος Λειβαδίτης 

In retrospect

Night has fallen.
It's the time when one wonders what they've done in their lives.
And the dead reclined and crossed their arms,

as if what they were looking for
are now touching
at last
within them.

Tasos Leivaditis

translated by Aziz Odilon

(Picture: Untitled (night scene study), Neil Welliver)