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ITHACA

As you set out for Ithaca
hope your journey is a long one
full of adventure
full of discovery

Keep Ithaca always in your mind
Arriving there is what you're destined for.

But don't hurry the yourney at all
Better if it lasts for years
so you're old by the time you reach the island
wealthy with all you've gained on the way
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

Ithaca gave you the marvellous journey
Without her you wouldn't have set out
She has nothing left to give you now

And if you find her poor
Ithaca won't have fooled you
Wise as you have become
so full of experience
you'll have understood by then
what these Ithacas mean

/C.P Cavafy/