Kavafis 8 of 8

Part 8 of 8

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[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!

[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.

[angelodellabrughiera]

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

[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..

[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