Lament Of Papadiamantis Poem by Joseph S. Josephides

Why Papadiamandis, though suffers in his bed,
repels the doctor and looks for a humble priest?

- He is Adam, repents, asks for holy communion,
doesn’t figure diamonds, isn’t afraid of pneumonia.

With whom he was carrying clothes in basket? Why?

- With Eva-Loukaena. The sheets of shame
are shrouds to apply them in their very coffins.
They washed them at shore, rinsed at Glykoneri.

Will God give Adam and Eve an opportunity?

- God broke the gates of Hades to let them exit and try,
to ascend the ladder leading back to heaven, unwavering,
in harmony, without vain reproaches 'your fault', 'not yours'.

Why Akrivoula, granddaughter of Adam, plays on the ladder
carefree, taking risk of falling with gang-kids whom she called?

- The fiddler seduces them, so they have neglected their souls.
She is a child, as Odysseus in schooner absorbed by Sirens.

Whom the seal laments, while Eve and Adam listen to music?

- Laments Akrivoula, with hot tears she melts her to dine her.
Her wreath is of seaweed, dowries of shells, bones of corals.

Why Papadiamandis, while dying, is asking for a pious priest?

- He is Adam; takes communion in uncreated light and laments
for the world, the moon in hidden phase. All go on to live on.