
Poem by Kostis Palamas
BORN TO THE SUN
The joy was great at the Olympus
the Gods parceled the earth
while the light giver was absent
to be forgotten without an heir
but the light giver came and
signaled to the sea that stirred fertility
and the island of the Sun was born
and it was the most beautiful
where craftsmen lived
who were like supermen
and they created many statues
as beautiful as Gods
and full of life like people