POETS Day! Send in the Cavafy

Ben Sears

Ben Sears is a writer and restaurant guy in Birmingham, Alabama. He lives quite happily across from a creek with his wife, two sons, and an obligatory dog. You can follow him on Twitter and read his blog, The Columbo Game.

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  1. Jaybird says:

    Ah, Cavafy.

    Here’s my favorite of his (Translated by Edmund Keeley):

    For some people the day comes
    when they have to declare the great Yes
    or the great No. It’s clear at once who has the Yes
    ready within him; and saying it,

    he goes from honor to honor, strong in his conviction.
    He who refuses does not repent. Asked again,
    he’d still say no. Yet that no—the right no—
    drags him down all his life.

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