Sentire e ... viaggiare!: Useful links

Calabrian Greek Dialect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek-Calabrian_dialect

Grecìa Salentina: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grec%C3%ACa_Salentina

Sito Istituzionale dell' Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina: http://www.greciasalentina.org/

English - Griko Dictionary: http://www.molossia.org/griko2.html

Il patrimonio musicale nell’area dei Greci di Calabria: http://www.unistrada.it/italian/master/minoranze_grecofone/materiale_didattico/iiriti/patrimonio_musicale_dei_greci_di_calabria.pdf

Ithaca

When you set out on your journey to Ithaca,
pray that the road is long,
full of adventure, full of knowledge.
The Laestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the angry Poseidon -- do not fear them:
You will never find such as these on your path,
if your thoughts remain lofty, if a fine
emotion touches your spirit and your body.
The Lestrygonians and the Cyclops,
the fierce Poseidon you will never encounter,
if you do not carry them within your soul,
if your soul does not set them up in front of you.

Pray that the road is long.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you will enter ports seen for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician markets
and purchase fine merchandise,
mother-of-pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
and sensual perfumes of all kinds,
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

Keep Ithaca always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
It is better to let it last for many years;
and to anchor at the island when you are old,
wealthy with all you've gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

Ithaca has given you the beautiful journey.
Without "her" you would have never set out on the road.
"She" has nothing left to give you.

And even if you find "her" poor, Ithaca has not deceived you.
Wise as you have become, with so much experience,
you must have already understood what "Ithacas" mean.

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

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