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The Dance of the Wave and the Body

And the body bends like a wild willow tree,
within the water, upon the rocks, in the shore's solitude,
stretching its hand toward a divine fire,
seeking the mate of a soul and a flight elsewhere.

Kostis Palamas, Iambs and Anapaests (1897) -

Poem "The Hymn of Motion", Published in Complete Works of Kostis Palamas, Volume II, Govostis Publishing.