Poet grek

Janis Ricos

Janis Ricos (Yannis Ritsos, 1909–1990), poet grek. Poezitë e tij këtu janë në përkthimin shqip të Pilo Zybës.

Writing

If you did not know

If you did not know that He is watching you, If you were not certain of the breathing of the stars Behind the great clouds, If you did not hear His waiting smile Behind…

Janis Ricos

Poetry

Gratitude

You will not say thank you to me, Just as you do not say thank you to your heartbeats That carve the face of my life. But I will say to you…

Janis Ricos

Poetry

Light

A little almond branch Before the window A single branch Hides half the village from you. Love with its palm Hides the whole world from you. Only the light remains.

Janis Ricos

Poetry

From inside or outside

There is a furious red colour, like laughter, In that shelter, among the trees, There is also the brief colour of a branch’s shadow on the water. A woman made…

Janis Ricos

Poetry

A woman's spring passing

She passed along the white alley opposite, Graceful, amid the innocent certainty of her beauty. The day was golden and dense. The woman’s body With every movement,…

Janis Ricos

Poetry

Simplicity

I hide behind simple things, so you will find me; If you do not find me, you will find the things, You will touch what my hand has touched, You will meet the traces of our hands.…

Janis Ricos