Σκοτεινἠ κλωστἠ δεμἐνη
Εις Αφροδἰτη – To Aphrodite
Daughter of the sea
maenad of shells
take me οn your boat
I’m standing on a bridge
and staring at the land
two ends of the world
here where I soar
Hades made me
a balcony light
so I sunbathed
and in vain to call you
Daughter of the sea
maenad of shells
secretly I pray you
give flesh
to the fleshless one who calls you
for you I evaporated
don’t forget me now
pour blood in my veins again
flood my chest with pulse
my hair filled with bright light
like a butterfly to burn
in your earthly fire
—translated by Maria Thanasas
Griva, Anna. Σκοτεινἠ κλωστἠ δεμἐνη (1985).