a tribute to Kavafy's work - a photo on Flickriver

And I Lounged and Lay on Their Beds

When I went to that house of pleasure
I didn’t stay in the front rooms where they celebrate,
with some decorum, the accepted modes of love.

I went into the secret rooms
and lounged and lay on their beds.

I went into the secret rooms
considered shameful even to name.
But not shameful to me—because if they were,
what kind of poet, what kind of artist would I be?
I’d rather be an ascetic. That would be more in keeping,
much more in keeping with my poetry,
than for me to find pleasure in the commonplace rooms.

Translated by Edmund Keeley/Philip Sherrard

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Taken on: November 11, 2013

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Camera: Olympus E-PL3, f/3.5, 1/30 sec, 14mm (=28mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Olympus E-PL3
Lens:	OLYMPUS M.14-42mm F3.5-5.6 II R
Aperture:	f/3.5
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	14mm (35mm equivalent: 28mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Contrast:	High
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
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