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“the feelings of my loved ones, the feelings of
those long dead which I so little valued.”
poets.org/poem/nine-oclo…
‘Since Nine O’Clock’
~ C. P. Cavafy
Translated by Daniel Mendelsohn
In honor of the great Greek poet Constantine #Cavafy , who was born #otd 29 April 1863 (and who died on the same date, 29 April, in 1933), I’ll be posting some favorite poems through the day, starting with my absolute favorite, “Since Nine—”
#poetry #literature #translation
And so fully did I imagine you
that yesterday, late at night, when the lamp
went out — I deliberately let it go out —
I dared to think you came into my room,
it seemed to me you stood before me: as you must have been
in Alexandria
'Caesarion'
C. P.Cavafy
trans Daniel Mendelsohn