Melancholy of Jason Kleander, Poet in Kommagini, 595 A.D.
I apologize (or say "you're welcome," depending on your reaction) if this is a repeat--this poem speaks to me with special force these days.
© Constantine Cavafy
MELANCHOLY OF JASON KLEANDER, POET IN KOMMAGINI, A.D. 595
The aging of my body and my beauty
is a wound from a merciless knife.
I’m not resigned to it at all.
I turn to you, Art of Poetry,
because you have a kind of knowledge about drugs:
attempts to numb the pain, in Imagination and Language.
It is wound from a merciless knife.
Bring your drugs, Art of Poetry—
they numb the wound at least for a little while.
is a wound from a merciless knife.
I’m not resigned to it at all.
I turn to you, Art of Poetry,
because you have a kind of knowledge about drugs:
attempts to numb the pain, in Imagination and Language.
It is wound from a merciless knife.
Bring your drugs, Art of Poetry—
they numb the wound at least for a little while.
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