ITHAKA Print - Framed Ithaka poem - Ithaka Poster by C.P. Cavafy Black and White Home decor - Ithaka Poster framed print

Ithaka Print

As you set out for Ithaka
hope your road is a long one,
full of adventure, full of discovery.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them:
you’ll never find things like that on your way
as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,
as long as a rare excitement
stirs your spirit and your body.
Laistrygonians, Cyclops,
wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

Hope your road is a long one.
May there be many summer mornings when,
with what pleasure, what joy,
you enter harbors you’re seeing for the first time;
may you stop at Phoenician trading stations
to buy fine things,
mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,
sensual perfume of every kind—
as many sensual perfumes as you can;
and may you visit many Egyptian cities
to learn and go on learning from their scholars.

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.
Without her you wouldn't have set out.
She has nothing left to give you now.

And if you find her poor, Ithaka won’t have fooled you.
Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,
you’ll have understood by then what these Ithakas mean.

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Professionally printed with Epson UltraChrome K3 Ink to acid free archival quality watercolour paper 220GSM oyster

Available in 6 sizes:

A4 (210 × 297mm)
A3 (420 x 297mm)
8x10 inches
11x14 inches
12x16 inches
13x19 inches

Frame poster hanger is made of solid oak wood and leather lace

Made in our London Studio, England

The only framing option we have is the oak hanger. The other images are for demonstration purposes only, as some customers like to purchase their prints from us and source their own frames locally.

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⭐ UK delivery aim: 1 working day
⭐ Europe delivery aim: 2-4 working days
⭐ U.S & Worldwide delivery aim: 3-5 working days