Some nostalgic thoughts of Odysseus from Homer's "The Odyssey" |
20 years have passed my love 20 years of looking for home 20 years of death, plain and blood I must ask if I will ever find it? Aye, since my heart will not quit My beloved, many miles I have crossed So many men I have lost The gods have me tossed from here to there Like a leaf by the air As sun sets high above I find myself dreaming Dreams whose light is my only hope. Dreams about watching our son Ithaca… she must look so beautiful at dawn All my people must be sleeping on Unaware of her morning essence Oh! So many wonderful memories Especially about my adolescence Why have the gods punished me so? Are they so stubborn and blind To see that the one who saved Troy was I? And was not the Trojan horse my idea all along? Arg! So much praise for their power… When they have been so cruel to my soul But I will face whatever Since I’m too clever Monster of which I shall slaughter Because the only feeling They make me feel is laughter Doubt not my love That I’ll watch over you tonight As all the nights I been away There will come the day When we are together again |