ΕΚΤΟΣ ΒΟΛΗΣ
Και κάθε φορά που με ταπεινώνουν, νιώθω μιαν ανείπωτη
αγαλλίαση που τους ξεγέλασα — γιατί εγώ είμαι καλά προφυ-
λαγμένος στο πατρικό σπίτι, πίσω απ’ τον κομό, εκεί που κρυβό-
μαστε για να κλάψουμε
χωρίς ποτέ να μάθουμε γιατί κλαίμε.
OUT OF SCOPE
And every time they humble me I feel such an indescribable
joy that I’ve fooled them — because I’m well protected in the family
home behind the side table where we hide in order to cry
without ever discovering why we cry.
Τάσου Λειβαδίτη-Εκλεγμένα Ποιήματα/Μετάφραση Μανώλη Αλυγιζάκη
Tasos Livaditis-Selected Poems/Translated by Manolis Aligizakis
ATHENS – The right to laziness has traditionally been only for the propertied rich, whereas the poor have had to struggle for decent wages and working conditions, unemployment and disability insurance, universal health care, and other accoutrements of a dignified life. The idea that the poor should be granted an unconditional income sufficient to live on has been anathema not only to the high and mighty, but also to the labor movement, which embraced an ethic revolving around reciprocity, solidarity, and contributing to society. [
Hellenic Canadian Literature 