diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
index a74aeb5..19cddfb 100644
--- a/context.go
+++ b/context.go
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package html
 
+import i18n "forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n"
+
 // Context carries rendering state through the node tree.
 type Context struct {
-	Identity string
-	Locale   string
-	Data     map[string]any
+	Identity     string
+	Locale       string
+	Entitlements func(feature string) bool
+	Data         map[string]any
+	service      *i18n.Service
 }
 
 // NewContext creates a new rendering context with sensible defaults.
@@ -13,3 +17,11 @@ func NewContext() *Context {
 		Data: make(map[string]any),
 	}
 }
+
+// NewContextWithService creates a rendering context backed by a specific i18n service.
+func NewContextWithService(svc *i18n.Service) *Context {
+	return &Context{
+		Data:    make(map[string]any),
+		service: svc,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e20be72..01fbda6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ module forge.lthn.ai/core/go-html
 go 1.25.5
 
 replace forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n => ../go-i18n
+
+require forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
+
+require golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..62a1313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 h1:B3njUFyqtHDUI5jMn1YIr5B0IE2U0qck04r6d4KPAxE=
+golang.org/x/text v0.33.0/go.mod h1:LuMebE6+rBincTi9+xWTY8TztLzKHc/9C1uBCG27+q8=
diff --git a/node.go b/node.go
index f4599d3..611a2d9 100644
--- a/node.go
+++ b/node.go
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 package html
 
-import "strings"
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	i18n "forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n"
+)
 
 // Node is anything renderable.
 type Node interface {
@@ -96,3 +100,38 @@ func (n *elNode) Render(ctx *Context) string {
 
 	return b.String()
 }
+
+// --- escapeHTML ---
+
+// escapeHTML escapes a string for safe inclusion in HTML text content.
+func escapeHTML(s string) string {
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "&", "&")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "<", "&lt;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, ">", "&gt;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "\"", "&quot;")
+	s = strings.ReplaceAll(s, "'", "&#39;")
+	return s
+}
+
+// --- textNode ---
+
+type textNode struct {
+	key  string
+	args []any
+}
+
+// Text creates a node that renders through the go-i18n grammar pipeline.
+// Output is HTML-escaped by default. Safe-by-default path.
+func Text(key string, args ...any) Node {
+	return &textNode{key: key, args: args}
+}
+
+func (n *textNode) Render(ctx *Context) string {
+	var text string
+	if ctx != nil && ctx.service != nil {
+		text = ctx.service.T(n.key, n.args...)
+	} else {
+		text = i18n.T(n.key, n.args...)
+	}
+	return escapeHTML(text)
+}
diff --git a/node_test.go b/node_test.go
index aab8d72..8e54e23 100644
--- a/node_test.go
+++ b/node_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package html
 
-import "testing"
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+)
 
 func TestRawNode_Render(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := NewContext()
@@ -50,3 +53,24 @@ func TestElNode_VoidElement(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("El(\"br\").Render() = %q, want %q", got, want)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTextNode_Render(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	node := Text("hello")
+	got := node.Render(ctx)
+	if got != "hello" {
+		t.Errorf("Text(\"hello\").Render() = %q, want %q", got, "hello")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestTextNode_Escapes(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := NewContext()
+	node := Text("<script>alert('xss')</script>")
+	got := node.Render(ctx)
+	if strings.Contains(got, "<script>") {
+		t.Errorf("Text node must HTML-escape output, got %q", got)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(got, "&lt;script&gt;") {
+		t.Errorf("Text node should contain escaped script tag, got %q", got)
+	}
+}