This is yet another poem where I have tended to overwrite Cavafy's original score. Translation is a creative process, especially when it makes no attempt...
67. IN ATHYR (NOVEMBER)The inscription on the stone was old and worn,some of it obliterated:'O Lord Jesus Christ...Beloved soul...In Athyr our dear Lefkios fell...
FOR AMMONES, DIED IN 610, AGED 29Raphael, you've been asked to pen some linesfor inscription on the tombstoneof the dead poet Ammones -well, obviously he's...
http://www.myspace.com/ithakam... (ithaka myspace)BEEN FOUR YEARSfrom Ithaka's debut albumFlowers And The Color Of Paint (1995),recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.Vocals & Lyrics: Ithaka Darin PappasProduced...
http://www.myspace.com/ithakam... PLOT" originally appeared onIthaka's second album called STELLAFLY (1997)recorded in Lisbon, Portugal.It also appears in thecritically acclaimed surfing filmSecond Thoughts directed...
65.IN THE EVENINGExperience tells meit wouldnt have lasted long.The stronger the lightthe sooner its spent.And anyway the hand of fatesoon stalled it.While it lasted it...
Είπες· «Θα πάγω σ' άλλη γή, θα πάγω σ' άλλη θάλασσα,Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή.Κάθε προσπάθεια μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή·κ' είν'...