When you set on the voyage to Ithaka<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pray that the road is long<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Full of incidents, full of knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Laistrygonians and the Cyclopes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Raging Poseidon-do not fear these,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Such things you will not find on your road,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if your thoughts are high,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if a rare Emotion, touches your mind and your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Laistrygonians and the Cyclopes, Rough Poseidon,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
you will not meet then<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you do not carry them in your own soul,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
if your soul does not place them before you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pray that the road is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many are the summer mornings<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Where with what pleasure, with what joy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You will enter ports seen for the first time!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stop at the Phoenician markets,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Purchase fine merchandise:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mother-of-pearl, coral, amber, and ebony,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And sweet perfumes of every kind,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Buy as many as you can of sweet perfumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visit many Egyptian cities<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To learn and learn from those who are wise<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Always have Ithaka in your mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To arrive there is your final goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But do not hasten the journey at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is better for it to last many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And as a man to anchor at your island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rich with the profits gained on the road,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not expecting Ithaka to give you riches<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ithaka gave you the beautiful journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without her you would not have set out on the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But she has nothing more to give you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And if you find her poor, Ithaka is not mocking you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the wisdom which you have, with so much experience<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You already understand what Ithaka means<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Constantine Cavafy (1911)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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