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One monotonous day is followedby another monotonous, identical day.
The samethings will happen, they will happen again —the same moments find us and leave us.
A month passes and ushers in another month.
One easily guesses the coming events;they are the boring ones of yesterday.
And the morrow ends up not resembling a morrow anymore.
Greek Original:
Την μια μονότονην ημέραν άλλημονότονη, απαράλλακτη ακολουθεί.
Θα γίνουντα ίδια πράγματα. θα ξαναγίνουν πάλι --η όμοιες στιγμές μας βρίσκουνε και μας αφίνουν.
Μήνας περνά και φέρνει άλλον μήνα.
Αυτά που έρχονται κανείς εύκολα τα εικάζει·είναι τα χθεσινά τα βαρετά εκείνα.
Και καταντά το αύριο πια σαν αύριο να μη μοιάζει.
Constantine P Cavafy
Constantine Peter Cavafy (April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933) was an Egyptiot Greek poet, journalist and civil servant. His consciou
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