by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933)

Deēsis
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Ē thalassa sta bathē tēs pēr ena naytē. -
Ē mana tu, anēxerē, piainei ki anaphtei

stēn Panagia mprosta ena ypsēlo keri
gia na gyrisei grēgora kai nan kaloi kairoi –

kai olo pros ton anemo stēnei tauti.
Alla enō proseychetai kai deetai autē,

ē eikōn akoyei, sobarē kai lypēmenē,
xeyrontas pōs den thalthei pia o yios pu perimenei.

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