by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933)
Ἰthάkī
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
Sὰ vgeῖs stὸn pīgaimὸ giὰ tὴn Ἰthάkī, nὰ eὒchesai nἆnai makrὺs ὁ drόmos, gemάtos peripέteies, gemάtos gnώseis. Toὺs Laistrygόnas kaì toùs Kύklōpas, tòn thymōmέno Poseidῶna mὴ fovᾶsai, tέtoia stòn drόmo soy potέ soy dὲn thὰ vreῖs, ἄn mέn' ἡ skέpsis soy ὑpsīlή, ἄn ἐklektὴ sygkίnīsis tò pneῦma kaì tò sῶma soy ἀggίzei. Toùs Laistrygόnas kaì toùs Kύklōpas, tòn ἄgrio Poseidῶna dὲn thὰ synantήseis, ἄn dὲn toùs koyvaneῖs mes stὴn psychή soy, ἄn ἡ psychή soy dὲn toùs stήnei ἐmprόs soy. Nὰ eὒchesai nἆnai makrùs ὁ drόmos. Pollὰ tὰ kalokairinὰ prōïὰ nὰ eἶnai poù mὲ tί eὐcharίstīsi, mὲ tί charὰ thὰ mpaίneis sὲ limέnas prōtoeidōmέnoys ; nὰ stamatήseis s' ἐmporeῖa Foinikikά, kaì tὲs kalὲs pragmάteies n' ἀpoktήseis, sentέfia kaì korάllia, kechrimpάria k' ἔvenoys, kaì ἡdonikὰ myrōdikὰ kάthe logῆs, ὅso mporeῖs piò ἄfthona ἡdonikὰ myrōdikά; sὲ pόleis Aigyptiakὲs pollὲs nὰ pᾶs, nὰ mάtheis kaì nὰ mάtheis ἀp' toùs spoydasmέnoys. Pάnta stò noῦ soy nἄcheis tὴn Ἰthάkī. Tò fthάsimon ἐkeῖ eἶn' ὁ proorismόs soy. Ἀllὰ mὴ viάzeis tò taxeῖdi diόloy. Kallίtera chrόnia pollὰ nὰ diarkέsei; kaì gέros piὰ n' ἀrάxeis stò nīsί, ploύsios me ὅsa kέrdises stòn drόmo, mὴ prosdokῶntas ploύtī nὰ sὲ dώsei ἡ Ἰthάkī. Ἡ Ἰthάkī s' ἔdōse t' ὡraῖo taxeῖdi. Chōrìs aὐtὴn dὲn thἄvgaines stòn drόmo. Ἄlla dὲn ἔchei nὰ sὲ dώsei piά. Ki ἄn ptōchikὴ tὴn vreῖs, ἡ Ἰthάkī dὲn sὲ gέlase. Ἔtsi sofòs poὺ ἔgines, mὲ tόsī peῖra, ἤdī thὰ tò katάlaves ἡ Ἰthάkes tί sīmaίnoyn.
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- by Constantine P. Cavafy (1863 - 1933), "Ἰθάκη" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Lisa van Auken , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] ; composed by Garth Baxter.
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ithaque", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Itaca", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-01
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