Ὅσο μπορεῖς.

Happy sunny weekend all:)
A special dedication for my greek friends on Ipernity:)
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Ὅσο μπορεῖς
Κι ἂν δὲν μπορεῖς νὰ κάμεις τὴν ζωή σου ὅπως τὴν θέλεις
τοῦτο προσπάθησε τουλάχιστον
ὅσο μπορεῖς : μὴν τὴν ἐξευτελίζεις
μὲς στὴν πολλὴ συνάφεια τοῦ κόσμου,
μὲς στὲς πολλὲς κινήσεις κι ὁμιλίες.

Μὴν τὴν ἐξευτελίζεις πιαίνοντάς την,
γυρίζοντας συχνὰ κ' ἐκθέτοντάς την
στῶν σχέσεων καὶ τῶν συναναστροφῶν
τὴν καθημερινὴν ἀνοησία,
ὣς ποὺ νὰ γίνει σὰ μιὰ ξένη φορτική.

AS MUCH AS YOU CAN

And if you can't shape your life the way you want,
at least try as much as you can
not to degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.

Try not to degrade it by dragging it along,
taking it around and exposing it so often
to the daily silliness
of social events and parties,
until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.

C. Cavafy, 1913
Translation by E. Keeley and P. Sherrard