Ithaca Constantine Cavafy Voice Katerina Wilhelmina

As you set out for Ithaca
hope that your journey is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians and 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 sensation
touched your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians and 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.
Hope that your journey is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you come into harbors 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 learn again from those who know.
Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're deestined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so that you're old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you have gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.
Ithaca gave you the marvellous journey.
Without her you would not 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 Ithacas mean.

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[reprac9]

Well ,, for three minutes & eleven seconds ,, you had me under your spell !! thanks for that experience ,, cheers ,, dave :))

[KaterinaWilhelmina]

@reprac9 Thank you so much Dave!I am very glad that you like it...One of the most wonderful poems that have ever been written...We should thank the wise Constantine Cavafy for his poetry & the awesome Vangelis for his splendid music..Both Greek...

[planetrockford]

Excellent.

[KaterinaWilhelmina]

@planetrockford Thank you so much David!So glad that you like it!!!

[lapislazzuli1986]

beautifull video !!!

[KaterinaWilhelmina]

@lapislazzuli1986 Thank you so much!So glad that you like it!!!I love this poem!!!