As you set out for Ithaca
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 harbours 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 Ithaca 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 Ithaca to make you rich.
Ithaca 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, Ithaca 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.
Italian Singer/ Songwriter and Music Composer based in London.
Currently working on his first solo album. More Info available to read in Blog entries.
Bucharest - 21/11/2009
"Live music, painting & art design - in a special Green Hours night. The young songwriter from London, Riccardo Lopez will present his music from the incoming album Chasing The Sun.The concert will take place in a special atmosphere created by the paintings and art design of his homonym graphic designer Riccardo Lopez. A truly special event! Riccardo Lopez Art designer (on the back screen) and homonymous Riccardo Lopez
songwriter.........Bucharest - Live @ Green Hours Jazz Cafè"
Thanks to IBORCO for making this video and posting it on Youtube..
Hi sweetie, thank you for your friendship in 2009 and I hope we can continue in 2010. Your friendship is a true blessing to me. Have a very Happy New Year!! xoxoxox Sue
Danke für's Verfreunden & ein tolles Jahr 2010! Vielleicht treffen wir uns ja mal persönlich... würde uns sehr freuen!... vielleicht schon am 02.01.2010 ab 20:00 Uhr im Rickenbacker’s in Berlin - Schöneberg? Liebe Grüße!
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