I have my Ithaca. A tragic and beautiful woman from Greece. I traveled half way across the world for her believing we were meant to be together. Even though we no longer speak I found my home, my people, and my life. Ελλάδα.
For me, Greece is not just about the crisis, the bankruptcy, the public debt, etc. Greece is also a beautiful country with a wonderful people which is able to do such marvelous things like this poem by Kavafis. The world owes you very much! Thank you! Greetings from Portugal
greece is an incredible country, i go every summer since 2 years ago, sadly europe treats greece not remenbering history, our democracy comes from greece, our sciences come from greece, our filosofy comes from greece, roman empire was the engineer of greek science. We forget our past. greetings from spain....
Thank you for your comment. Cavafis was a born and raised in the Alexandria of Egypt, in a Greek community which thrived for many decades, while living in harmony with the locals. My father and my grandmother were born there, these people had and have a special culture.
This poem is about far more than Greece... This is a mystic poem creating a metaphor for one's life by using the imagery of Homer's story. The journey is far more valuable than reaching the end. 👁🙏
There is not a single person in the world that I would have rather heard this beautiful poem from..He read exquisitely ..Very well done and hauntingly beautiful..
This is my favorite poem in my life. It is not necessarily the best translation but reads easier for the less knowledgeable. I love hearing Sean Connery read anything. Listening to him read my favorite poem was fun.
What a masterpiece! "Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you're destined for. But don't hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years... Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey. Without her you would have not set out." Great video also! Congratulations!
Omer myth of Odyssey and Kavafis allegory. What a moment! Destiny and destination, eternal archetypes, the meaning of life, the truth itself in front of us. The masterpiece of human existence: The sad Kavafis delivered us the most optimist, open, epic and free way to live our lives. Touched. Life is different after reading and understanding this poem.
Just beautiful and if you don't learn from this poem you have lost it. Time is running out for all of us so enjoy every day. Cavafy you are a great inspiration!
I'm not sure if Ithaca is death. Maybe it's a lifetime's target, a long time goal to achieve. For which of course the `marvelous journey` is the most important part: Fighting for it, expecting it, visioning it, devote fully one's body and soul for it. For me, a Greek person being now away in Germany for in[de]finite time, Ithaca is simply Greece itself: My poor bleeding mother, my bitter home country from which I left disappointed, to become wiser with years and maybe appreciate and go back...
No Ithaca is not death. Ithaca is home, Ithaca is your goal and whatever you or your soul are longing to return to. Have a read of Oddysey and the journeys he went through for 14 years before he came back to his Ithaca. Even better visit the Island and then you will understand my friend. "Ithaca's" are about life ;-)
Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way, not expecting Ithaka to make you rich. Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
Because Greek is unparallel the most beautiful and rich language of the world. It is a language which was invented to explain the meaning of the universe, engaging with astronomy, science, drama, historiography, philosophy and of course political ideas such as democracy. Greek is the only language that is able to describe anything with only one word. This is the true legacy of for the moderns Greeks, our language.
No need to disagree with you. However, English is necessary so others can grasp the essence of what is written by OUR Cavafy... as much as it gets. please enjoy, travel and reach your goal.
Απίστευτη η απαγγελία σου, κι ας μην ήσουν Έλληνας....δεν ήσουν μόνο ο καλύτερος James Bond μα ένας καταπληκτικός ηθοποιός! Η φωνή σου με τα λόγια του Καβάφη....Απλή Γαλήνη! R.I.P Sir Sean Connery!
"Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you'll have understood by then what these Ithacas mean." Cavafy's (bitter) irony at its very best.
Kavafis...The Greek poet,who is the greatest among all poets in the world...RESPECT TO THE ONE AND ONLY...A GREAT HUMAN BEING...HIS LIFE ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY...
Sir Sean Connery, It is the magnificence of your spirit that has brought life to the wisdom of this wonderful poem. Thank you for your inspiration. Thank you for your gift.
+Jay Musting Shir Sean Connery It ish the magnifishensh of you shpirit that hash brought life to the wishdom of thish wonderful poem. Thank you for your inshpiration. Thank you for your gift.
a true inspiration for all who seek their own Ithaca... good luck to all and remember to enjoy the journey... "Κι αν δεν μπορεις να καμεις την ζωη σου οπως την θελεις, τουτο προσπαθησε τουλαχιστον οσο μπορεις: μην την εξευτελιζεις μες στην πολλη συνναφια του κοσμου, μες στες πολλες κινησεις κι ομιλιες. Μην την εξευτελιζεις πηαινοντας την, γυριζοντας συχνα κ'εκθετοντας την στων σχεσεων και των συναναστροφων την καθημερινην ανοησια, ως που να γινει σα μια ξενη φορτικη."
Εκπληκτική δημιουργία του Καβάφη, που εδώ συμπληρώνεται και ολοκληρώνεται από έναν ηθοποιό. Όχι απλά κάποιον που υποδύεται, αλλά αυτόν που "ποιεί ήθος" και ιδιαίτερη αισθητική. Η κέλτικη προφορά του Sean ηλεκτρίζει και μαγεύει!!
Ένα πέπλο σκόνης έχει καλύψει αυτό το διαμάντι, δεν το βλέπει, δεν το κατανοεί ο σύγχρονος άνθρωπος, πόσο μάλλον ο Έλληνας. Αργά και σταθερά πλέει προς την Νήσο της λήθης, το δημιούργημα του Έλληνα Καβάφη που έζησε και πέθανε στα ξένα...
My inn is called ITHAKA here in the Catskills of NY, I named it this as I have been coming here since before I was born and now in my mature age, am back, forever, never to leave.
Τι μπορει ν συμβολιζει η θακη?τα ονειρα μας..το ταξιδι της ζωης το πιο ομορφο δωρο..ηταν φιλοσοφια ζωης οι αθλοι στην αρχαια ελλαδα..κ ενας απο μηχανης θεος μας εκανε ν πιστεουμε στα θαυματα!
@@innosanto Of course there is. That is the whole point underlying Cavafy's masterful poem. But you don't need to read it all. It is enough to know that the Odyssey is about Ulysses's ten-year journey back home at the end of the Trojan war - victorious, on his way home to his faithful wife waiting for him, but first he must pass through incredible, fearful adventures and temptations that shape him as a man, much more than his glorious participation in the Trojan war had done. Read also Tennyson's "Ulysses". A completely different take - it happens AFTER Ulysses reached home - but just as epic. Ulysses is regarded as the archetype of Western man: clever, crafty, impetuous, alyays looking for something better.
This is just awesome. Last year I took a literature course entitled "the Heroic Journey," and the professor showed us this video. We also read the book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and watched movies based on the heroic journey like the Matrix and Rocky. I learned a lot. It was a great class.
I just wish you could all listen and understand his poems in greek. To listen to the beauty of his words. His poems speak to our souls. Κι αν πτωχικη την βρεις, η Ιθάκη δεν σε γέλασε. Έτσι σοφός που έγινες, με τόση πειρα, ήδη θα το κατάλαβες οι Ιθακες τι σημαίνουν.
With the sad news of Vangelis' passing, this music is all the more poignant. Bravo, maestro; your Ithaca is waiting, and we will not see your like again.
I will talk about the poem thats the meaning as Konstantinos Moschonas said below!His voice is tremendous,the pictures are amazing,the poem is beautiful,the journey is incredible,the feelings are so powerful,thank you for this uploader these 4:26 minutes made me think what life means...
phoenix1925 I might have guessed, but then someone must have translated it. Surely not Sir Sean or Vangelis? Or even Google translate? The translator isn’t mentioned anywhere. - Anyhow, this poem is one of my most treasured favourites.
My favorite poem, always a part of my mp3 player. Atm, I'm reading The Odyssey of Homer. I need an Ithaca to journey back to, so I can mature my soul, as Cavafy points out in this absolutely flabbergasting combination of music, text, voice, and meaning.
Peaceful.. irreplaceable beauty sourced and rooted deeply into the surface of the soul. We go to where we started in the beginning. Yet, the beginning is in fact continuation of something that can not be defined nor by time dimension, neither by place. Timeless and endless. Spiral of eternity comparable only with itself. One - Junction of all.
" The journey is our life. Ithaka is our death. Think of the poem by this view.... " Maybe not our death, but our final moments before death. My favorite view than all. Well done. :)
The city, Ithaca by total coincidence. on the night I'm waiting for my immigration papers right in the city Cavafy never escaped. It's gonna be a long night.
All I know is that people like Vangelis should never die. Vangelis music has touched my soul since I was a boy and now almost 60 there has not been a week without at least a few pieces of music from his albums playing in our home. I don’t understand why the soundtrack to this documentary isn’t available. Release the Kraken Vangelis. Please!!!!
I have my Ithaca. A tragic and beautiful woman from Greece. I traveled half way across the world for her believing we were meant to be together. Even though we no longer speak I found my home, my people, and my life. Ελλάδα.
Well, thank you so much!
I got the same story Ian, I fell in love with a greek woman but my soul was conquered by Greece.
Ah .....the journey isn't over .
God bless .
I want to write the second verse to Cavafys' poem. I think I almost have it.
Welcome and enjoy !
For me, Greece is not just about the crisis, the bankruptcy, the public debt, etc. Greece is also a beautiful country with a wonderful people which is able to do such marvelous things like this poem by Kavafis. The world owes you very much! Thank you!
Greetings from Portugal
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you!
greece is an incredible country, i go every summer since 2 years ago, sadly europe treats greece not remenbering history, our democracy comes from greece, our sciences come from greece, our filosofy comes from greece, roman empire was the engineer of greek science. We forget our past. greetings from spain....
Greetings from Athens Brother!!!
Thank you for your comment. Cavafis was a born and raised in the Alexandria of Egypt, in a Greek community which thrived for many decades, while living in harmony with the locals. My father and my grandmother were born there, these people had and have a special culture.
RIP Sean Connery. Your journey was long and marvelous and you arrived at the island old, full of experience. Rest now in Ithaca.
Old, but young in heart and spitit.
@@ChrysopigiGreece is b
This poem is about far more than Greece... This is a mystic poem creating a metaphor for one's life by using the imagery of Homer's story. The journey is far more valuable than reaching the end. 👁🙏
Well said.
Kavafis wrote it for each person who can feel the meaning of this poem and the moto life that provides regadrless nationality!
ok! But there is always Greece the soil for this flower.. The metaphoric soil!
❤@@ntinetaspi as you say.... those times were auspicious times when these masters walked the streets.
@@cosmoblivion :)
A masterpiece of Greek poetry and Sean does it justice
This really keeps me going. Have to re-listen every now and then to spread my wings back again.
same, good flight sister
There is not a single person in the world that I would have rather heard this beautiful poem from..He read exquisitely ..Very well done and hauntingly beautiful..
Indeed. Lyshtragoniansh, and shyclopsh, angry posheiden. Absolutely beautifully read.
Agreed!@@MiffTuck
Touché my friend
@@MiffTuck hahaha
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Ἰθάκη
Σὰ βγεῖς στὸν πηγαιμὸ γιὰ τὴν Ἰθάκη,
νὰ εὔχεσαι νἆναι μακρὺς ὁ δρόμος,
γεμάτος περιπέτειες, γεμάτος γνώσεις.
Τοὺς Λαιστρυγόνας καὶ τοὺς Κύκλωπας,
τὸν θυμωμένο Ποσειδῶνα μὴ φοβᾶσαι,
τέτοια στὸν δρόμο σου ποτέ σου δὲν θὰ βρεῖς,
ἂν μέν᾿ ἡ σκέψις σου ὑψηλή, ἂν ἐκλεκτὴ
συγκίνησις τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ σῶμα σου ἀγγίζει.
Τοὺς Λαιστρυγόνας καὶ τοὺς Κύκλωπας,
τὸν ἄγριο Ποσειδώνα δὲν θὰ συναντήσεις,
ἂν δὲν τοὺς κουβανεῖς μὲς στὴν ψυχή σου,
ἂν ἡ ψυχή σου δὲν τοὺς στήνει ἐμπρός σου.
Νὰ εὔχεσαι νά ῾ναι μακρὺς ὁ δρόμος.
Πολλὰ τὰ καλοκαιρινὰ πρωϊὰ νὰ εἶναι
ποὺ μὲ τί εὐχαρίστηση, μὲ τί χαρὰ
θὰ μπαίνεις σὲ λιμένας πρωτοειδωμένους·
νὰ σταματήσεις σ᾿ ἐμπορεῖα Φοινικικά,
καὶ τὲς καλὲς πραγμάτειες ν᾿ ἀποκτήσεις,
σεντέφια καὶ κοράλλια, κεχριμπάρια κ᾿ ἔβενους,
καὶ ἡδονικὰ μυρωδικὰ κάθε λογῆς,
ὅσο μπορεῖς πιὸ ἄφθονα ἡδονικὰ μυρωδικά.
Σὲ πόλεις Αἰγυπτιακὲς πολλὲς νὰ πᾷς,
νὰ μάθεις καὶ νὰ μάθεις ἀπ᾿ τοὺς σπουδασμένους.
Πάντα στὸ νοῦ σου νἄχῃς τὴν Ἰθάκη.
Τὸ φθάσιμον ἐκεῖ εἶν᾿ ὁ προορισμός σου.
Ἀλλὰ μὴ βιάζῃς τὸ ταξείδι διόλου.
Καλλίτερα χρόνια πολλὰ νὰ διαρκέσει.
Καὶ γέρος πιὰ ν᾿ ἀράξῃς στὸ νησί,
πλούσιος μὲ ὅσα κέρδισες στὸν δρόμο,
μὴ προσδοκώντας πλούτη νὰ σὲ δώσῃ ἡ Ἰθάκη.
Ἡ Ἰθάκη σ᾿ ἔδωσε τ᾿ ὡραῖο ταξίδι.
Χωρὶς αὐτὴν δὲν θἄβγαινες στὸν δρόμο.
Ἄλλα δὲν ἔχει νὰ σὲ δώσει πιά.
Κι ἂν πτωχικὴ τὴν βρῇς, ἡ Ἰθάκη δὲν σὲ γέλασε.
Ἔτσι σοφὸς ποὺ ἔγινες, μὲ τόση πείρα,
ἤδη θὰ τὸ κατάλαβες ᾑ Ἰθάκες τί σημαίνουν.
Το ωραιότερο ποίημα που γράφτηκε ποτέ...
This is my favorite poem in my life. It is not necessarily the best translation but reads easier for the less knowledgeable. I love hearing Sean Connery read anything. Listening to him read my favorite poem was fun.
Interesting. Have you any tips on finding a better translation ?
Rest in Peace Sir.. you have inspired legions of us to be classy, controlled, brave and gallant. Rest in Peace, Scotsman.
One more reason now that this video brings tears in my eyes. RIP Sir.
What a masterpiece!
"Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you're destined for.
But don't hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years...
Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.
Without her you would have not set out."
Great video also! Congratulations!
All the essence of the Greek spirit in one poem !!!
Omer myth of Odyssey and Kavafis allegory. What a moment! Destiny and destination, eternal archetypes, the meaning of life, the truth itself in front of us.
The masterpiece of human existence: The sad Kavafis delivered us the most optimist, open, epic and free way to live our lives. Touched. Life is different after reading and understanding this poem.
I read this poem to my newborn baby and she looked at me with stars in her eyes
What a beautiful experience !!! Keep reading and she is listening , she hears the voices of spirits and souls hanging around her for the good !
❤❤❤❤
I am Chinese and I knew this amazing poem by accident.I thought both of the poem and the voice are excellent,I love this poem!!!!!☺
How did you discover it?
Brian Lemaire I just input "ithaka" in UA-cam
Just beautiful and if you don't learn from this poem you have lost it. Time is running out for all of us so enjoy every day. Cavafy you are a great inspiration!
I'm not sure if Ithaca is death. Maybe it's a lifetime's target, a long time goal to achieve. For which of course the `marvelous journey` is the most important part: Fighting for it, expecting it, visioning it, devote fully one's body and soul for it.
For me, a Greek person being now away in Germany for in[de]finite time, Ithaca is simply Greece itself: My poor bleeding mother, my bitter home country from which I left disappointed, to become wiser with years and maybe appreciate and go back...
No Ithaca is not death. Ithaca is home, Ithaca is your goal and whatever you or your soul are longing to return to. Have a read of Oddysey and the journeys he went through for 14 years before he came back to his Ithaca. Even better visit the Island and then you will understand my friend. "Ithaca's" are about life ;-)
@@calliope8muse well said .
Ithaca shows you where to go and how to get there and then you come home to her what is next?
Definitely get in touch with mom. Don't let the Lystragoinians keep you from her.
brings tears to my eyes .SO meaningful ,so
powerful , the essence of life..
Keep Ithaka always in your mind.
Arriving there is what you’re destined for.
But don’t hurry the journey at all.
Better if it lasts for years,
so you’re old by the time you reach the island,
wealthy with all you’ve gained on the way,
not expecting Ithaka to make you rich.
Ithaka gave you the marvelous journey.
if you could just hear and understand this poem in its original language.. GREEK.. is 1000 times more wonderful..!!!!
Because Greek is unparallel the most beautiful and rich language of the world. It is a language which was invented to explain the meaning of the universe, engaging with astronomy, science, drama, historiography, philosophy and of course political ideas such as democracy. Greek is the only language that is able to describe anything with only one word. This is the true legacy of for the moderns Greeks, our language.
...πές τα Αλέξη!
No need to disagree with you. However, English is necessary so others can grasp the essence of what is written by OUR Cavafy... as much as it gets. please enjoy, travel and reach your goal.
The message goes over as well with the English.
Being a Greek, I agree with the uniqueness of the Greek language. HOWEVER, Sean Connery gives the best narration, in my opinion, ever.
Απίστευτη η απαγγελία σου, κι ας μην ήσουν Έλληνας....δεν ήσουν μόνο ο καλύτερος James Bond μα ένας καταπληκτικός ηθοποιός! Η φωνή σου με τα λόγια του Καβάφη....Απλή Γαλήνη! R.I.P Sir Sean Connery!
Πλακα πλακα, ηταν πιο Ελληνας στη ψυχη απο πολλους αλλους 'Ελληνες'!
R.I.P Sean Connery..
Its a very rare track to buy. How soothing and beautiful. God bless you Vangelis
R.I.P. Legend...May your Soul travel easily to Ithaca...
Sean Connery has reached his Ithaca and his journey has been long and adventurous !!!🙏
C.P. Cavafy is the greatest of Greek poets !
Wonderful! A metaphor for the human journey through life
A metaphor for the targets that we set out for
A metaphor of death, which can't give you anything. Live your life as fully as you can.
Ithaca´s promise will never fail us. The eternal search for knowledge.
Thank you
"Wise as you will have become, so full of experience, you'll have understood by then what these Ithacas mean."
Cavafy's (bitter) irony at its very best.
A life's philosophy in a few sentences. Can't hold my tears. Have a good journey my frienfs. May we all meet at Ithaka
A lovely tribute now to Sir Sean. Thank you for the joy this brings every time I listen. RIP Mr Bond.
This poem has the tears of my life and when I can't anymore I remember Ithaca
terrific reading by Connery of an excellent poem by the great Cavafy. Vangelis atmospheric music helps a lot as well.
Kavafis...The Greek poet,who is the greatest among all poets in the world...RESPECT TO THE ONE AND ONLY...A GREAT HUMAN BEING...HIS LIFE ALWAYS MAKES ME CRY...
RIP Sir Thomas Sean Connery.
Sir Sean Connery,
It is the magnificence of your spirit that has brought life to the wisdom of this wonderful poem.
Thank you for your inspiration.
Thank you for your gift.
+Jay Musting Shir Sean Connery
It ish the magnifishensh of you shpirit that hash brought life to the wishdom of thish wonderful poem.
Thank you for your inshpiration.
Thank you for your gift.
Such a beautiful scenario.
Vangelis is ALWAYS excellent.
Sean Connery is CLASSIC.
Thank You !!!
Connery's voice adds a wonderful dimension to this marvellous poem by Cavafy. Thank you for posting :-)
a true inspiration for all who seek their own Ithaca... good luck to all and remember to enjoy the journey...
"Κι αν δεν μπορεις να καμεις την ζωη σου οπως την θελεις, τουτο προσπαθησε τουλαχιστον οσο μπορεις: μην την εξευτελιζεις μες στην πολλη συνναφια του κοσμου, μες στες πολλες κινησεις κι ομιλιες. Μην την εξευτελιζεις πηαινοντας την, γυριζοντας συχνα κ'εκθετοντας την στων σχεσεων και των συναναστροφων την καθημερινην ανοησια, ως που να γινει σα μια ξενη φορτικη."
keep Ithaca always in mind. This is the journey of life. Keep going! Thanks for sharing!
Rest in peace GIANT Sean Connery. 31 October 2020. You were one of a kind Sir..
Εκπληκτική δημιουργία του Καβάφη, που εδώ συμπληρώνεται και ολοκληρώνεται από έναν ηθοποιό. Όχι απλά κάποιον που υποδύεται, αλλά αυτόν που "ποιεί ήθος" και ιδιαίτερη αισθητική. Η κέλτικη προφορά του Sean ηλεκτρίζει και μαγεύει!!
What a diamond of a comment.. !
Ένα πέπλο σκόνης έχει καλύψει αυτό το διαμάντι, δεν το βλέπει, δεν το κατανοεί ο σύγχρονος άνθρωπος, πόσο μάλλον ο Έλληνας. Αργά και σταθερά πλέει προς την Νήσο της λήθης, το δημιούργημα του Έλληνα Καβάφη που έζησε και πέθανε στα ξένα...
Maybe the best and the most meaningful poem.Cavafis is superb.
God Bless You⚜⚜⚜ Sir, Sean Connery 🙏
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon You Always🤍🙏🕊⚜⚜
Yet another wonderful actor who has left us. Not replaceable by any modern so called actors. Another bright star in the sky tonight.
everytime i see it i just feel so proud. My heart stops beating, my breath gets taken away...
My inn is called ITHAKA here in the Catskills of NY, I named it this as I have been coming here since before I was born and now in my mature age, am back, forever, never to leave.
How full this poem is of hope and longing, and an exhortation that one's destination is not home, but the journey toward that home.
This gives me chills all over my body....What a great human beign ....R.I.P Sir Sean !
Maybe the best and most meaniful poem.
Very fitting and inspirational in these troubling times..
Thank you, God bless and may you Rest in Peace in God's Kingdom Sir Sean Connery
I think I accidentally broke my repeat button. I love this so much!!
Τι μπορει ν συμβολιζει η θακη?τα ονειρα μας..το ταξιδι της ζωης το πιο ομορφο δωρο..ηταν φιλοσοφια ζωης οι αθλοι στην αρχαια ελλαδα..κ ενας απο μηχανης θεος μας εκανε ν πιστεουμε στα θαυματα!
now I understand james joyce and his book of Dublin ...ULYSSES !
is there some connection with the odyssey? If yes then I really want to read it.
@@innosanto Of course there is. That is the whole point underlying Cavafy's masterful poem. But you don't need to read it all. It is enough to know that the Odyssey is about Ulysses's ten-year journey back home at the end of the Trojan war - victorious, on his way home to his faithful wife waiting for him, but first he must pass through incredible, fearful adventures and temptations that shape him as a man, much more than his glorious participation in the Trojan war had done.
Read also Tennyson's "Ulysses". A completely different take - it happens AFTER Ulysses reached home - but just as epic.
Ulysses is regarded as the archetype of Western man: clever, crafty, impetuous, alyays looking for something better.
Even in English this poem is a masterpiece! ..RiP Sean Connery...thank you for the memories !!
This is the best I have heard in a long time. I am so happy I have found this. I get chills when I hear this.
Rest In Peace Vangelis thank you for all your amazing Music including Chariots of Fire and this
This is just awesome. Last year I took a literature course entitled "the Heroic Journey," and the professor showed us this video. We also read the book "The Hero with a Thousand Faces" and watched movies based on the heroic journey like the Matrix and Rocky. I learned a lot. It was a great class.
I just wish you could all listen and understand his poems in greek. To listen to the beauty of his words. His poems speak to our souls. Κι αν πτωχικη την βρεις, η Ιθάκη δεν σε γέλασε. Έτσι σοφός που έγινες, με τόση πειρα, ήδη θα το κατάλαβες οι Ιθακες τι σημαίνουν.
RIP Sean Connery and RIP Vangelis, may you have found your Ithakas..
one of my favorite poems. Sir Sean Connery and Vaggelis make this poem great. Thenk you very much for this great stuff.
very Greek, very nice indeed. respect.!!!
With the sad news of Vangelis' passing, this music is all the more poignant. Bravo, maestro; your Ithaca is waiting, and we will not see your like again.
Simply soothing for our souls. A map for life, a prescription for truly loving yourself.
Every word has meaning when read by Connery. He is truly a talent.
God is not the God of the dead but the living. See you soon my friend Sean.
I listen to this on the days I need reminding. Wings, indeed.
Good night to an amazing man. We will miss you Sean.
RIP Vangelis & Sean Connery!
I will talk about the poem thats the meaning as Konstantinos Moschonas said below!His voice is tremendous,the pictures are amazing,the poem is beautiful,the journey is incredible,the feelings are so powerful,thank you for this uploader these 4:26 minutes made me think what life means...
Love this poem, so full of meaning!!!!!!
What a great poet Kavafis was! Didn’t know that he also wrote in English.
Thomas Grundberg do you mean this one? this is a translation.
phoenix1925 I might have guessed, but then someone must have translated it. Surely not Sir Sean or Vangelis? Or even Google translate? The translator isn’t mentioned anywhere. - Anyhow, this poem is one of my most treasured favourites.
+Thomas Grundberg Bro, it's a translation. Cavafy almost exclusively wrote in Greek.
+Thomas Grundberg this is a translation from Greek. Cavafy did wrote a few poems in English, though not this one.
Translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard
amazing voice and music! thanks Sean, and Vangelis.
A Poem....Life! There are no trial runs here...One go, make it worth it!
RIP! and THANK YOU Great man.
My favorite poem, always a part of my mp3 player.
Atm, I'm reading The Odyssey of Homer.
I need an Ithaca to journey back to, so I can mature my soul, as Cavafy points out in this absolutely flabbergasting combination of music, text, voice, and meaning.
Josh, thank you a lot for sharing..Really Wonderful and the voice of Connery is enchanting..
Great!!!! נהדר!!!
one of the greatest poems ever written by man
"Keep Ithaca always on your mind" and at the background Hagia Sophia....
Awesome. The music blends very well with Sean's voice.
Sean Connerys' voice blended with Vangelis' soulful music lend the perfect atmosphere to Cavafy's lovely poem.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you'll have understood by then what these Ithacas mean.
So extraordinary! The poem, the voice, the music..
The most beautiful poem ever.
Υπεροχο ποιημα. Απιθανη απαγγελια. RIP Sean Connery
Peaceful.. irreplaceable beauty sourced and rooted deeply into the surface of the soul. We go to where we started in the beginning. Yet, the beginning is in fact continuation of something that can not be defined nor by time dimension, neither by place. Timeless and endless. Spiral of eternity comparable only with itself. One - Junction of all.
All three of them left marvelous work behind them and I am eternally thankful R.I.P.
" The journey is our life. Ithaka is our death. Think of the poem by this view.... "
Maybe not our death, but our final moments before death.
My favorite view than all. Well done. :)
Ithaca's are the targets that we set out for in Cavafy's alegory;)
:"""""""") Beautiful... Simply BEAUTIFUL.
Just amazing, sends goose bumps down my spine
What a beautiful rendering of this heroic poem.
Amazing.."Ithaca"epic Poem C.P.Cavafy
RIP Sean Connery. Your recital of this eternal poem is epic! Whenever I think of "Ithaca" I recall your voice.
This video is mesmerizing. I am in a trance when I hear it and I can't hear it enough.
I could listen to this poem many many times and it would still give me the same chills as the first one. I love this poem.
What can be found here. Thank you soooo much. 🎉
The city, Ithaca by total coincidence. on the night I'm waiting for my immigration papers right in the city Cavafy never escaped. It's gonna be a long night.
All I know is that people like Vangelis should never die. Vangelis music has touched my soul since I was a boy and now almost 60 there has not been a week without at least a few pieces of music from his albums playing in our home. I don’t understand why the soundtrack to this documentary isn’t available. Release the Kraken Vangelis. Please!!!!