The Ides of March (1911) (K.P. Kavafis; translated Peter J. King & Andrea Christofidou) O soul, beware of splendour! If you cannot master your ambitions, follow them with care and caution. And the higher you advance, the more alert and critical you need to be. And when you reach your pinnacle – a Caesar! – when you don the mantle of a celebrated man, above all then be careful when you walk the streets, a man of patent power with his retinue. And if it happen that a certain Artemídoros comes through the crowd around you, carrying a letter, urgently insisting: “Read this now, it’s something that you need to know”, don’t fail to stop. Don’t fail to put off every conversation, every piece of business, brush off those who greet you, give you honour (see them later); even let the Senate wait, and straightaway discover Artemídoros’ grave words.

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Oglinzile așteptării – barbarii și tartarii Acum ceva timp în urmă l-am descoperit pe Kavafis. Căutam o motivație pentru a continua să îți scriu și am descoperit poezia sa – Așteptându-i pe barbari – Ce așteptăm, în piață adunați?…

Astăzi vreau să-ți prezint un film-vis. Sau un vis-film. "Deșertul tătarilor" e mai mult decât o poveste cu soldați. E o halucinație dată de febră, e un timp fără de timp. #eseu #film #nonfictiune #kavafis

The eldest son of Cleopatra stands upon the steps of the Gymnasium before the Alexandrians, his rich and royal clothing gleaming in the midday sun. Slightly to his rear, his brothers whisper jokes, but he can’t join them in their muffled laughter. Even when a soldier faints in the oppressive heat, Caeasarion stays solemn, not a flicker of a smile. A trumpet sounds. Antony declares that Cleopatra is the goddess Isis, Queen of Kings, the Queen of Egypt and of Cyprus. Their two young sons are named as Kings of Syria, Cilicia, of Parthia, Armenia, and Media, their daughter Cleopatra as the Queen of Libya and Cyrenaica. A pause. A drop of sweat begins to form above Caesarion’s right eye; he feels it trickle slowly down his cheek. The trumpet sounds. The voice of Antony, his mother’s husband, now goes up in volume but its pitch is lower. It declares Caesarion to be the son and rightful heir of Julius, who’s recently been deified in Rome. And, as the offspring of a god and goddess, he is therefore doubly divine, and made the King of Kings, joint ruler with his mother of the land of Egypt. The small boy, dressed as Horus, somehow stands erect and bears the cheering of the crowd, in which he thinks to hear an undertow of mockery. Some four years later, at the age of seventeen, the last of the unhappy line of Ptolemy, Caesarion lies dead in Alexandria, his crime: to be an excess Caesar.

"Caesarion" (after Kavafis).

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Desires (1904, K.P. Kavafis) Like beautiful bodies that never grow old tearfully sealed in a bright mausoleum, at their heads roses and at their feet jasmine — so look desires that grow cold unfulfilled, forever denied even one night of pleasure, or one of its light-filled mornings. Desires (a reply to Kavafis) As the bright thoughts of the blind from birth blossom ignorant of sunsets, building beauty from the bare accounts of drabness — so dance unfulfilled desires, imagination lending them the weight to balance wistfulness for what they never knew.

"Desires" (1904, K.P. Kavafis) & "Desires" (a reply to Kavafis)

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Ítaca en Riópar.
#kavafis #itaca #riopar

#kavafis candır helede bu şiiri mukayyet olalım o vakit 😉

'No life is ever taken. Know you then that no one
is ever born, that no one ever dies.'

– from 'Eternity'

'Always keep Ithaca fixed in your mind.
Arrival there is your destination.'

– from 'Ithaca'

by Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis

#cavafy #kavafis #alexandria #greekpoetry #Gita

i expressionistes. Tots els i les intèrprets sedueixen amb el seu treball: #UriGuillem, #AinaSerena, #AlbertMuntané, #ArnauSanromà, #GuillemValverde, #CristinaPrats, #CarlaMoix, #MoïseTaxé, #CamilleRaséra i #MariaEstela, sense oblidar el violí de #DavidFlores. I els versos de #Kavafis per a cloure

K.P. Kavafis - "Artificial Flowers"

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetsofbluesky #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #greekpoetry #translatedpoetry #translation #kavafis #cavafy

Screenshot of the game, Star Citizen

"Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbors you’re seeing for the first time"

#Starcitizen #Daymar #screenshot #Kavafis

05 Il primo scalino, di Kavafis nella voce di Giulia In questo episodio leggiamo “Il primo scalino” di Kavafis, una poesia che ci invita a guardare con rispetto il nostro percorso creativo, anche quando sembra appena iniziato. Le parole del maestro Teocrito risuonano oggi più che mai: ogni conquista autentica, anche se piccola, è già un segno di appartenenza alla città invisibile degli spiriti liberi. Un podcast per chi scrive, crea, sogna — e spesso dubita. Ma non si ferma. di Giulia & Antonio Conte

📣 New Podcast! "05 Il primo scalino, di Kavafis nella voce di Giulia" on @Spreaker #audiopoesia #consapevolezza #costantino #crescita #crescitapersonale #egitto #empatia #grecia #ilprimoscalino #kavafis #letteratura #narrazione #poesia #poeta #scrittura #vocedidonna #vocedigiulia #vocefemminile

#SanJuan #JosepPla #Kipling #Kavafis #streetphotography #photographie #fotografía #CatalàRoca / Noche de San Juan con Kipling, Kavafis, Josep Pla y … las Pléyades …
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I versi di Konstantinos Kavafis che più sento vicini:

Mura

Senza riguardo, senza pudore né pietà,
m’han fabbricato intorno erte, solide mura.

[...]

Non ho sentito mai né voci né rumori.
M’hanno escluso dal mondo inavvertitamente.

Konstantinos Kavafis (1863-1933)

#Poesia
#Kavafis

Kavafis és un poeta amb qui les persones ens sentim identificades perquè parla de sentiments. “La força del record en #Kavafis és molt important”, així s’ha referit Eusebi Ayensa a Kavafis, protagonista a “El bell viatge. Kavafis a la cultura catalana”. 📖

#LligEnCatalà
@culturagob.bsky.social

Oglinzile așteptării – barbarii și tartarii Acum ceva timp în urmă l-am descoperit pe Kavafis. Căutam o motivație pentru a continua să îți scriu și am descoperit poezia sa - Așteptându-i pe barbari – Ce așteptăm, în piață adunați? Barbarii trebuie astăzi să vină. – De ce-n Senat e o-atare-ncremenire? Fiindcă barbarii vor fi azi aici.La ce bun să mai dea legi, senatorii?Dreptatea împărți-vor barbarii, când sosesc. – De ce-mpăratul nostru în zori s-a deșteptatși stă la poarta orașului, cea mare,pe tronul său, solemn, purtând coroana? Fiindcă barbarii vor fi azi aici.

Între tăcerile cetății lui Buzzati și versurile lui Kavafis, am scris despre veghe, răbdare, vise și magie.
Drumuri ce duc nicăieri. Sau poate tocmai acolo.

Citește aici !

#literatură #eseu #Kavafis #Buzzati #răbdare #tăcere #poezie #existență

Κ.Π. Καβάφης - «Στες σκάλες»
K.P. Kavafis - "On the Stairs"

#poem #poetry #skypoets #blueskypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #greekpoetry #translatedpoetry #translation #kavafis #cavafy

Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης: «Εις το φως της ημέρας» Το Εις το φως της ημέρας είναι το μοναδικό «καθαρόαιμο» διήγημα του Κωνσταντίνου Καβάφη, ένα αφήγημα μυστηρίου, που γράφτηκε, κατά πάσα πιθανότητα, το χειμώνα του 1895 -1896.

Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης: «Εις το φως της ημέρας»
#CEMedia #Kavafis #press
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Bu Hafta: 26 Nisan- 2 Mayıs - haftalik.net 26 Nisan'dan 2 Mayıs'a yaşayanlar, yaşananlar ve iz bırakanlarıyla bu hafta! Bu Hafta'yı Emre Dursun hazırlıyor.

26 Nisan'dan 2 Mayıs'a yaşayanlar, yaşananlar, iz bırakanlarla #BuHafta

#Selimİleri #1Mayıs #Kavafis #Ritsos

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I versi di Konstantinos Kavafis che più sento vicini:

Mura

Senza riguardo, senza pudore né pietà,
m’han fabbricato intorno erte, solide mura.

[...]

Non ho sentito mai né voci né rumori.
M’hanno escluso dal mondo inavvertitamente.

Konstantinos Kavafis (1863-1933)

#Poesia
#Kavafis

Tenim el plaer d’escoltar Elies Monxolí, interpretant poemes en honor a Kavafis en la cloenda de la presentació del llibre “El bell viatge. Kavafis a la cultura catalana” 👏👏👏

#ACPV #OctubreCCC #Kavafis

Eusebi Ayensa, a la presentació de “El bell viatge. Kavafis a la cultura catalana”: “Cal retornar a Kavafis a la llengua i a l’expressió original, però també és veritat que la llengua evoluciona” 🗣️

#ACPV #OctubreCCC #Kavafis

La poeta @angelsgregori.bsky.social , a la presentació de “El bell viatge. Kavafis a la cultura catalana” ✨

#ACPV #OctubreCCC #Kavafis

Zoek toch het licht achter de horizon. Aquarel/tempera uit de serie "ithaca".
#ithaca #blauw #tempera #aquarel #kavafis #licht #horizon

"Jealousy" (in the style of Kavafis).

#poem #poetry #skypoets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #kavafis #cavafy #oxfordmagazine

Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
The journey shapes you, not just the destination.
Let nature remind us of this truth. #Ithaca #Kavafis
@picture1.bsky.social