Bewail Of Papadiamantis Poem by Joseph S. Josephides

Why Papadiamandis, while blowing out in his bed,
he repels the doctor and asks for a humble priest?

- He is Adam; repents and asks to take holy communion,
neither he respects diamonds nor is afraid of pneumonia.

With whom did he hold the clothes for laundering? Why?

- With Eva-Loukaena. Such clothes are the linen of pities,
they are the very shrouds to be applied in their coffins.
They washed them on shore, rinsed them in Glykoneri.

Will the Lord give Adam and Eve any opportunity?

- He broke the gates of Hades, letting them out to test,
to ascend calmly the long scale that leads to the heaven,
in harmony, without accusing each other in vain for faults.

Why Akrivoula, grand daughter of Adam, plays so carefree
on ladder, under risk of falling, with the gangs she called?

- The piper seduces them so they forget their little soul. Child
is she; reminds Odysseus’ schooner that stuck to see Sirens.

For whom the seal mourns, while Eve and Adam hear music?

- For Akrivoula; the seal will melt her with hot tears, for dinner.
Seaweed are her wreaths, shells her dowry, corals her bones.

Why Papadiamandis, while blowing out, asks for a pious priest?

- He is Adam himself, takes communion in the uncreated light,
laments for the world, for moon in disappear. All keep on living.



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