|
The barbarians have come |
Amsterdam, 2022-05-30
#14 "Periménontas tous Barbárous" ("Waiting for the Barbarians" (1904, Konstantínos Kaváfis)
- The barbarians, when they are there, will give the laws.
- And the emperor waits to receive their leader. He even had a parchment made to give him. On it he wrote many titles and big names for him.
- Because the barbarians will come today, and they do not like eloquence and beautiful speeches.
In the council of the league of the Iroquois are speakers (sachem) those who bring the position of their group and try to convince the others to agree with it (the Aztecs named these speakers 'tlatoani', with Moctezuma as huey-tlatoami [supreme speaker]); it is honorable to be a speaker, but there is no power attached to it, so that the settlers wrongly treated the speakers as 'chief'
Collection: The drama
Keywords: Power: violence, Iroquois, Power: laws
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| Little light: just one | |
| candle welcomes the Shadows -- | |
| of the Love we shared. | |
| Weinig licht: één kaars | Wenig Licht: eine |
| verwelkomt de Schaduwen -- | Kerze begrüßt die Schatten -- |
| van onze Liefde. | unserer Liebe. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-07
For them to come -- [To call up the shades --] (Konstantinos Kaváfis) - 1920
Poem 093. "Gia nárthoun"
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Love: intimacy (physical)
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| Remember his voice, | |
| trembling, and his eyes, longing -- | |
| for my body, then. | |
| Zijn trillende stem | Sein Zittern, seine |
| en zijn ogen, verlangend -- | Augen, damals, sehnsüchtig -- |
| naar mijn lichaam, toen. | nach meinem Körper. |
Amsterdam, 2018-08-10
Remember, body... (Konstantinos Kaváfis) - 1918
Poem 074. Thumésou, sóma...
Collection: Tardiness in Acceleration
Keyword: Memory: melancholy
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| I read a letter | |
| and I read another one -- | |
| until it is dark. | |
| Ik neem weer een brief | Ich las einen Brief |
| en ik lees en ik herlees -- | und ich las wieder einen -- |
| tot het donker is. | bis zur Dunkelheit. |
Amsterdam, 2014-03-07
In the evening (Konstantinos Kaváfis) - 1917
Poem 064. "En espéra"
Collection: Shelter
Keyword: Melancholy (nostalgia)
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| I like to be home, | |
| thinking of a long journey -- | |
| And the homecoming. | |
| Het liefst ben ik thuis, | Herrlich, zu Hause, |
| denkend aan een lange reis -- | denkend an eine Reise -- |
| En dan de thuiskomst. | Und dann die Heimkehr. |
Amsterdam, 2026-08-25
Then Mother came with a knife (Nicolien Mizee) - 1911
Poem with the lines "Homesickness seised him / for travelling, for morning / arrivals in ports which you, with what joy, enter for the first time", later adapted by Kaváfis into poem #31 "Ithaka" (1911 CE), in the collection "Als straks de schimmen komen" (2026, "When the Shadows Come") translated by Hero Holwerda - About Odysseus
Collection: On the fly
Keywords: Journey: in the spirit, Home: security / comfort
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| The statues destroyed, | |
| temples without a roof, gods -- | |
| that are still alive. | |
| Vernielde beelden, | Statuen zerstört, |
| dakloze tempels, goden -- | Tempel ohne Dach, Götter -- |
| die bleven leven. | die weiter leben. |
Amsterdam, 2015-08-10
Ionic (Konstantinos Kaváfis) - 1911
Poem 029. "Ionikón"
Collection: Held True
Keyword: Religion: God(s)
Tribute to: Kaváfis, Konstantínos
| Tribute to Kaváfis, Konstantínos |  |  | 5-7-5 |
| Pencil | Pumice | Rain | Loves |
| Compressed | Birds | Ifless | Photo |
| Tributes | Dedications | Composers | Home |
 | Reverse the order: oldest on top Mention © Zywa when using texts, drawings, designs, paintings and photos Search word: CTRL-F |