Hi, When posting translated poems on this list, can we please make sure to post the translator's name? I think this is very important.
By the way, I've seen some versions of this Cavafy in English that are much better (a new translation appeared two years ago)... V Shivam wrote: >The City > >You said, "I will go to another land, I will go to another sea. >Another city will be found, better than this. >Every effort of mine is condemned by fate; >and my heart is -- like a corpse -- buried. >How long in this wasteland will my mind remain. >Wherever I turn my eyes, wherever I may look >I see the black ruins of my life here, >where I spent so many years, and ruined and wasted." > >New lands you will not find, you will not find other seas. >The city will follow you. You will roam the same >streets. And you will age in the same neighborhoods; >in these same houses you will grow gray. >Always you will arrive in this city. To another land -- do not hope -- >there is no ship for you, there is no road. >As you have ruined your life here >in this little corner, you have destroyed it in the whole world. > >- Constantine P. Cavafy >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_P._Cavafy > > > -- You are encouraged to post poetry, respond critically to the poems circulated and participate in discussions. To post, email your message to [email protected] OR post online at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/post/ Tell friends to subscribe to ZESTPoets by sending a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if they have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/join/ ---theZESTcommunity-------------- [1] ZESTCurrent: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCurrent/ [2] ZESTEconomics: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTEconomics/ [3] ZESTGlobal: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTGlobal/ [4] ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/ [5] ZESTPoets: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ [6] ZESTCaste: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ [7] ZESTAlternative: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTAlternative/ [8] TalkZEST: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TalkZEST/ --- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTPoets/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
