Kavafis 8 of 8

[mertimos]

ωραιον το ποιηματακι σας

[Paint4U2]

Terrific work from Vangelis and Smaragdis...hail to Mr.Kabafis

[LEVONTIN14]

Levontin14

Desde hoy me siento mucho más feliz, al haber descubierto esta película, que, aunque esta en griego,la encuentro sublime.Gracias desde Ibiza.

[MacedonianEyes]

And out of the remarkable panhellenic campaign,

victorious, brilliant,

celebrated, glorious

as no other had ever been glorified,

the incomparable: we emerged;

a great new Greek world.

[GREYMOMA]

sorry....the poem is conpicated to read the first paragraph you see is the end of the poem. the beginning is 4 paragraphs below....sorry again..

[angelodellabrughiera]

O NO! Thanks to you! :-)))))

[GREYMOMA]

Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.

Without her you wouldn't have set out.

She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca won't have fooled you.

Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

you'll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean

[GREYMOMA]

Keep Ithaca always in your mind.

Arriving there is what you're destined for.

But don't hurry the journey at all.

Better if it lasts for years,

so you're old by the time you reach the island,

wealthy with all you've gained on the way,

not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

[GREYMOMA]

Hope your road is a long one. May there be many summer mornings when, with what pleasure, what joy, you enter harbours you're seeing for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stations to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony, sensual perfume of every kind - as many sensual perfumes as you can; and may you visit many Egyptian cities to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

[GREYMOMA]

ITHACA As you set out for Ithaca hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, angry Poseidon - don't be afraid of them: you' ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians, Cyclops, wild Poseidon - you won't encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you

[GREYMOMA]

the poem i wrote called voices, but the one that you hear is the poem Ithaca

[GREYMOMA]

Voices

Ideal and dearly beloved voices

of those who are dead

or of those who are lost to us like the dead.

Sometimes they speak to us in our dreams;

sometimes in thought the mind hears them.

And for a moment with their echo

other echos return from the first poetry of our lives-

like music that extinguishes the far off night.

[alwaystill1]

Thank for the traslation, nice

[marma89]

ΚΑΒΑΦΗΣ ΑΙΜΑ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΝ

[opaopaxi]

Einai trelo.Den mporoume na anaketeuomaste sthn proswpikh zvh enos toso megalou anthrwpou kaina probaloume ton ''adinato xarakthra''tou.Ntroph mas...

[perastikh6]

simasia exei o proorismos oxi to ta3idi...

<3

foveros!

[geost81]

ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΠΟΙΗΤΗ ΚΑΒΑΦΗ....!!!

[ledaddyswing]

i don't care if you're gay or straight, if you don't like gays or what, this is beautiful music that captures the essence of being of alive, of desire and most importantly, the sadness and beauty of time's passage

[Eventual420]

I've got alot of friends, and they've got beautiful eyes that make my heart feel surprised. And you notice it, and that's the truth. That's the truth. Have me to you, I shine along beneath your view. I like the stars in the sky, and watch the moonlight go by. I've got alot of friends.

[Indirecting]

They could have made a masterpiece but...Anyway,Cavafis doesn't speak in this movie...Maybe a tribute to his larynx cancer??Great actors trapped in the director's personal aspect...As they were trying to teach us like it state did in school.Dehydrated poetry hiding the beauty of it.

[Ebonyhorse23]

I do not understand your comment. The poet was a mute character in the film as the director wanted in this way to show the poet's repression.

[Indirecting]

I think I know what the director was trying to show, but I personally find it not good.I simply dissagree with his view.If the director could only immitate a part of Kavafi's simplistic expression it would b better.Personal (and many other's) opinion.

[Ebonyhorse23]

ΟΚ

[brychar66]

Thanks for showing us this. I can't speak Greek but like other commentators got the gist of it plus I know a lot of Cavafy's poetry (and have 'translated' a fair amount of it!). The film doesn't seem to bring out the flavour of his verse - he was much more light-hearted and ironic than this makes out. But well worth watching nonetheless.

[Pawn2007]

I don't speak Greek but I pretty much got the gist of it anyway. Thanks for posting.

[Eventual422]

I'm not sure if you'd enjoyed the soundtrack (as much as I did), but if you liked the music surely you needed to see the movie. Though I don't understand it, I've read about it and, here again, don't completely agree w/his contoversial lifestyle... but the music is TOO endearing, making this movie ANOTHER Vangelis masterpiece. THANKS!

[Pawn2007]

I've had the soundtrack for years but have never seen the film. I'm not gay but I felt bad for the guy and even though he died they implied a happy ending for him. Strange that he doesn't say a word in the whole movie. I actually posted a clip from it on my channel. Thanks again for posting as I'm sure there are many who would like to see this very obscure film.

[Ebonyhorse23]

Me too, although i am not gay i felt for the poet's torments a lot. I think that he is a mute character in the film as a metaphor for having unspoken desires and whishes.