One of the three will want me anyway. And my conscience is … - Konstantinos P. Cavafy

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One of the three will want me anyway. And my conscience is quiet about my not caring which one I choose: the three of them are equally bad for Syria. <p> But, a ruined man, it's not my fault. I'm only trying, poor devil, to make ends meet. The almighty gods ought to have taken the trouble to create a fourth, a decent man. I would gladly have gone along with him.

Konstantinos P. Cavafy

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About Konstantinos P. Cavafy

Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης) (29 April 1863 – 29 April 1933) was a Greek poet who is often ranked among most important literary figures of the 20th century.

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Native Name: Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης

Alternative Names: Constantine kavafy • C. P. Cavafis • Constantin Cavafy • K. P. Kavaphēs • K. P. Kavafis • C. P. Cavafy • Konstantine Kavafy • Constantinos Cavafis • Konstantino Kavafis • Constantino Kavafis • Konstantin Kavafis • Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis • Kōnstantinos Petrou Kavaphēs • Kavafis • Kōnstantinos Petrou Kabaphēs • Kawafis • Konstandinos Kavafis • Konstantinas Kavafis • C.P. Cavafy • Constantine Peter Cavafy • Kōnstantinos P. Kavafīs

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The holy Cross goes forward; it brings joy and consolation to every quarter where Christians live; and these God-fearing people, elated, stand in their doorways and greet it reverently, the strength, the salvation of the universe, the Cross.

When they saw Patroklos dead — so brave and strong, so young — the horses of Achilles began to weep; their immortal nature was upset deeply by this work of death they had to look at.

Wymarzone, ukochane głosy
tych, co umarli, albo tych, co dla nas
tak są straceni, jak umarli.

Czasem do nas przemawiają w snach
czasem je w zadumaniu słyszy umysł.

A z ich brzmieniem powraca na chwilę
dźwięki najpierwszej naszego życia poezji,
jak muzyka, która nocą, gdzieś w dali, dogasa.

One of the three will want me anyway. And my conscience is quiet about my not caring which one I choose: the three of them are equally bad for Syria.… - Konstantinos P. Cavafy

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