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"afti i nixta dinei enan xairetismo stin psixi mas

i piisi mas einai ftwxi, apofevgei tin alitheia,
fovatai tin asximeia, grafetai me egwismo kai
kataligei pio griza, ki ap' to grizo pou apofigame

mou leei i zwi mou n' anazitisw ti xara tis prodosias

adeiasa poli, akoma den teleiwsa, ma de xairomai gi'
afto

oi imnoi t' ouranou me afinoun adiaforo
ta pragmata epapsan na mirikazoun zwoules

poio derma fidiou, poia palia psixi afinei i zwi mou

pou paei, sto idio tapeino swma, xwris kefi, xwris
xara paidiki, xwris tin anasigrotisi tis kathe meras

menei na ginw allos, na prodwsw o,ti ipirksa, n'
afosiwthw se osa den ithela pote na ginw

stin afetiria, tha koitazoun ta paidika mou matia,
stin ekkinisi tha dakrisoun ki afto tha 'nai to
sinthima gia na treksw

borei omws kai na meinw edw, wspou na marathw ki allo,
na aisthanomai to arwma mou san varidi ston aera kai
ton aera na me ponaei, na mou ksinei pliges

kai ipokwfa, ipogeia, mesa kai katw, na vouizoun oi
meres pou epesan apo panw mou, tha lew ''toso boresa,
toso katalava, toso iksera, toso ithela'' kai tha
spane ta mirmigia tin poreia tous, tha ekrignintai ta
makrina sinnefa mesa sta nefi tou neou kosmou..."