{"id":47623,"date":"2023-07-10T03:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T00:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/?p=47623"},"modified":"2023-07-10T01:41:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T22:41:49","slug":"the-afternoon-sun-3319","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lecturesbureau.gr\/1\/the-afternoon-sun-3319\/?lang=en","title":{"rendered":"The Afternoon Sun (C. P. CAVAFY)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This room, how well I know it.<br \/>\nNow they\u2019re renting it, and the one next to it,<br \/>\nas offices. The whole house has become<br \/>\nan office building for agents, businessmen, companies.<\/p>\n<p>This room, how familiar it is.<\/p>\n<p>The couch was here, near the door,<br \/>\na Turkish carpet in front of it.<br \/>\nClose by, the shelf with two yellow vases.<br \/>\nOn the right\u2014no, opposite\u2014a wardrobe with a mirror.<br \/>\nIn the middle the table where he wrote,<br \/>\nand the three big wicker chairs.<br \/>\nBeside the window the bed<br \/>\nwhere we made love so many times.<\/p>\n<p>They must still be around somewhere, those old things.<\/p>\n<p>Beside the window the bed;<br \/>\nthe afternoon sun used to touch half of it.<\/p>\n<p>. . . One afternoon at four o\u2019clock we separated<br \/>\nfor a week only. . . And then\u2014<br \/>\nthat week became forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>C.P. CAVAFY<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This room, how well I know it. Now they\u2019re renting it, and the one next to it, as offices. The whole house has become an office building for agents, businessmen, companies. This room, how familiar it is. 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