In 1943, Nikos Gatsos published a long poem of 20 pages: Amorgós. This work, quickly admired, marks a milestone in contemporary Greek poetry. After the war, the poet began to write songs, especially for Mános Chatzidákis. This was the beginning of a long career.
From Amorgos :
I have struggled for years
I struggled with a tortured heart
With ink and hammer
With gold and fire
an embroidery a hyacinth
A flowering quince tree
for the sole purpose of consoling you
I who sometimes touched you
with the eyes of the stars
Embraced you with the mane of the moon
to dance with you
In the fields of summer
among the levelled stubble
And eat with you the harvested clovers
Immense and black sea
with a neck surrounded by pebbles
With hair glazed with multicoloured stones.
Nikos Gatsos (1911-1992), "Amorgos"
