Tou Tekeìn, tou apothaneìn
tou phyteùsai, tou ektilai to pepfyteumènon.
Kai kairòs, kai kairòs
tou apokteìnai, tou iàsathai,
tou kathelìn, tou oikodomeìn,
tou kalùsai, tou gelàsai,
tou kòpsasthai, tou orhèsastai.
Kai kairòs
Kai kairòs

Tou baleìn lìthous, tou zet?esai, tou epol?esai,
tou phylàxai, tou ekbaleìn,
Kai kairòs
Kai kairò

Tou rèxai, tou ràpsai,
tou sigàn, tou laleìn,
tou philèsai, tou misèsai.
Kairòs polèmou, kairòs erènes...

(Lyrics from ZbigniewPreisner, "Requiem for my friend")

And a time
And a time

To be born, to die;
to plant, to reap;
And a time, and a time
to kill, to heal,
to break down, to build up;
to weep, to laugh;
to mourn, to dance.
And a time
And a time

to cast away stones, to gather stones together;
to embrase, to refrain from embracing;
to get, to lose, to keep, to cast away.
And a time
And a time

to rend, to sew,
to keep silence, to speak;
to love, to hate;
A time of war, and a time of peace...
And a time, and a time...