| 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
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