Friday, January 3, 2003

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With no consideration, no pity, no shame,
they have built walls around me, thick and high.
And now I sit here feeling hopeless.
I can't think of anything else: this fate gnaws my mind -
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Constantine P. Cavafy
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N Befanis 19 December 2020

Katzantzakis writes: ηθικη, θρεισκια, πατριδα, φραχτες που ασκωσε ο κακομοιρης ο φοβισμενος ο ανθρωπος για να κουτσοπερασει ασφαλισμενα τη φτωχουλα του τη ζωη Translated: morality, religion, patriotism, fences that unfortunate man build to pass Securely his poore life. Kavafy seems to regret the walls (fences) that society build around him at his old age that keep us from the ‘sinful pleasures’ when young.

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Subhash Parihar 21 January 2020

Valuable thoughts encapsulated in a few lines. I love it.

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