Addition Poem by Constantine P. Cavafy
Addition
I do not question whether I am happy or unhappy.
Yet there is one thing that I keep gladly in mind --
that in the great addition (their addition that I abhor)
that has so many numbers, I am not one
of the many units there. In the final sum
I have not been calculated. And this joy suffices me.
It is a powerful statement full of wisdom. Thank you Constantine.
I keep gladly in mind.... Nice poem.... Thanks for posting....
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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4/23/2024 11:10:09 PM # 1.0.0.1119
In the final sum I have not been calculated. Seems a fitting framework of humility in contemplation of the greater concepts. And what is it to our ultimate value how we factor in the summations of others?