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ΕΝΑ ΜΑΧΑΙΡΙ Ἀπάνω μου ἔχω πάντοτε στὴ ζώνη μου σφιγμένο Θυμᾶμαι, ὡς τώρα νὰ ῾τανε, τὸν γέρο παλαιοπώλη, ὅπου ἐμοίαζε μὲ μίαν παλιὰ ἐλαιογραφία τοῦ Γκόγια,
ὀρθὸν πλάι σὲ μακριὰ σπαθιὰ καὶ σὲ στολὲς σχισμένες, «Ἐτοῦτο τὸ μαχαίρι ἐδῶ ποὺ θέλεις ν᾿ ἀγοράσεις
μὲ ἱστορίες ἀλλόκοτες ὁ θρύλος τό ῾χει ζώσει, Ὁ Δὸν Μπαζίλιο σκότωσε μ᾿ αὐτὸ τὴ Δόνα Τζούλια
τὴν ὄμορφη γυναίκα του γιατὶ τὸν ἀπατοῦσε. Ἕνας Ἀράπης τὴ μικρὴ ἐρωμένη του ἀπὸ ζήλια
καὶ κάποιος ναύτης Ἰταλὸς ἕναν Γραικὸ λοστρόμο. Σκύψε καὶ δές το, μι᾿ ἄγκυρα κι ἕνα οἰκόσημο ἔχει,
εἰν᾿ ἁλαφρύ, γιὰ πιάσε το, δὲν πάει οὔτε ἕνα κουάρτο, Ἕνα στιλέτο ἔχω μικρὸ στὴ ζώνη μου σφιγμένο, |
A DAGGER Rendered by
Vassilis C. Militsis I always carry
on me tightly strapped in my belt A small
African steel dagger – like the ones the natives are wont to play with –
which I have bought from an old merchant in Algiers. I remember, as
it were now, the old curio dealer, who seemed to
have come out of a Goya oil painting, Standing bolt
upright by long sabers and tattered uniforms Uttering in a
husky voice the following words: “The knife at
hand you want to buy has been
shrouded with uncanny tales by legend And it is
widely known that those who had once owned it Have each
killed someone very close. ”Don Basilio has
herewith killed Donna Julia, His beautiful
wife, who had been unfaithful; One night Conte
Antonio with this here dagger was deceitfully murdering his unfortunate
brother. ”One jealous
Arab hereby slew his young lover And an Italian
seaman a Greek boatswain. From hand to
hand it ended up into my own. Much have I
seen, but this makes me shudder. ”Come closer
and look, it’s etched with an anchor and a shield; It’s light,
try it, it’s less than a quart; But I’d
suggest you’d better buy something else.” -
How much is
it? -
Seven francs
only. Since you badly want it, it’s yours. I have a small
dagger strapped tightly in my belt, Which my quirk
urged me to make my own; And since in
the world I hate none to kill I dread
turning it against myself some day. |
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