SUN STONE

ἡλιόπετρα

Water is good
and the hand of noon that holds
the sun in its open palm is of stone

Odysseas Elytis

A little farther
we will see the almond trees blossoming
the marble gleaming in the sun
the sea breaking into waves 

Giorgos Seferis


Over rocks on the deserted shore, over the burning heat
of harsh pebbles,
beside the emerald waves, noon, like a fountain,
rose shimmering

Angelos Sikelianos


Let me stand here. And let me, too, look at nature a while.
The morning sea's and cloudless sky's
radiant violet hues and yellow shore; all
beautiful and brightly lit.

Constantine P. Cavafy