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As you set out for Ithaca

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hope that your journey is a long one,

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full of adventure, full of discovery.

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Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon

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do not be afraid of them.

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You'll never find things like that on your way

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as long as you keep your thoughts raised high,

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as long as a rare sensasion touches your spirit & your body.

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Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon,

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you won't encounter them

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unless you bring them along inside your soul,

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unless your soul sets them up in front of you.

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Hope that your journey is a long one.

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May there be many summer mornings when,

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with what pleasure, what joy,

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you'll come into harbors you're seeing for the first time;

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may you stop at Phoenician trading stations

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to buy fine things,

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mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

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sensual perfume of every kind-

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as many sensual perfumes as you can;

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and may you visit many Egyptian cities

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to learn and learn again from those who know.

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Keep Ithaca always in your mind.

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Arriving there is what you're destined for.

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But don't hurry the journey at all.

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Better if it lasts for years,

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so that you're old by the time you reach the island,

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wealthy with all you have gained on the way,

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not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

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Ithaca gave you the marvelous journey.

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Without her you would not have set out.

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She has nothing left to give you now.

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And if you find her poor, Ithaca won't have fooled you.

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Wise as you will have become, so full of experience,

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you will have understood by then

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what these Ithacas mean.