Postings of poems by the Greek poet Yannis Ritsos in English translation. This blog, launched in 2009 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the poet's birth, continues now after a two year break. All translations (and mistranslations) are by Scott King unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lots: 4
Yannis Ritsos
4. A pregnant woman at the window below the window the sea with scattered lemons with drowning victims.
from Lots (1977) [Collected Poems: IGamma ---pg 268]
What's the meaning of "lemons" in this translation? Is that the fruit?
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