by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933)

Deīsis
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Ī thálassa sta váthī tīs pī́r éna naýtī. -
Ī mána toy, anī́xerī, piaínei ki anáftei

stīn Panagía mprostá éna ypsīló kerí
gia na gyrísei grī́gora kai nán kaloí kairoí –

kai ólo pros ton ánemo stī́nei t´aytí.
Allá enṓ proseýchetai kai déetai aytī́,

ī eikṓn akoýei, sovarī́ kai lypīménī,
xeýrontas pōs den thálthei piá o yiós poy periménei.

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