Taurus: A Self-portrait and a Poem

Monday April 19th 2021
Self-portrait in a Green Bugatti by Tamar de Lempicka by 16 May 1898

Self-portrait in a Green Bugatti by Tamar de Lempicka by 16 May 1898

The Afternoon Sun

 …This room, how familiar it is.

The couch was here, near the door,

a Turkish carpet in front of it.

Close by, the shelf with two yellow vases.

On the right—no, opposite—a wardrobe with a

mirror. 

In the middle the table where he wrote,

and the three big wicker chairs.

Beside the window the bed

where we made love so many times…       

Read the rest of the poem here.

 

From The Afternoon Sun by C.P. Cavafy, born 29 April  1863
translated by Edmund Keeley

 

 


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