Understanding

Constantine P. CavafyConstantine P. Cavafy

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The years of my youth, my sensual life --
how clearly I see their meaning now.What needless repentances, how futile....But I did not understand the meaning then.In the dissolute life of my youth
the desires of my poetry were being formed,
the scope of my art was being plotted.This is why my repentances were never stable.
And my resolutions to control myself, to change
lasted for two weeks at the very most.
Constantine P. Cavafy
About the poet

Constantine P. Cavafy

1863 - 1933/GreekConstantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes (Greek Κωνσταντίνος Π. Καβάφης) was a renowned modern Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant. In his poetry h…

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