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By: [[w:Constantine P. Cavafy|C. P. Cavafy]]}} | |||
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When I went to that house of pleasure | When I went to that house of pleasure | ||
I | I didn’t stay in the front rooms where they celebrate, | ||
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love. | with some decorum, the accepted modes of love. | ||
I went into the secret rooms | I went into the secret rooms | ||
and lounged and lay on their beds. | and lounged and lay on their beds. {{ln|5}} | ||
I went into the secret rooms | I went into the secret rooms | ||
considered shameful even to name. | considered shameful even to name. | ||
But not shameful to me | But not shameful to me — because if they were, | ||
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be? | what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be? | ||
I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping, {{ln|10}} | |||
much more in keeping with my poetry, | much more in keeping with my poetry, | ||
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms. | than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms. | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
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{{2003|state=expanded}} | {{2003|state=expanded}} | ||
[[Category:06/2003]] | [[Category:06/2003]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Constantine Cavafy]] | ||
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