Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Anguish
Agnes Sotiracopoulou-Skina (Translated from the Greek by the author and Hugh McKinley)
AGNES SOTIRACOPOULOU-SKINA
(Athens - 502 Greece)
In this hour
Alone, completely alone in the world
After so many years of agony,
So much of passion.
Battles without prudence
Without any plan
Victories and defeats
Lacking all importance.
In this hour
When a dark abyssal curtain
Has shrouded
All my passed life,
I have only one fear:
Not to return
To such conflagration,
To such a catastrophe
As my life has been.
If only I myself were able
To obliterate my memory–
For all my other perceptions
Keep it alive.
– Translated from the Greek by the author and Hugh Mckinley