This is a beautiful and sexy poem from the Greek Constantine Cavafy where the Odyssey story is a metaphor for the jouney of life.

Recited by Sir Seanconnery, music by Vangelis and the essay below is from some student that explains well poem.

The major theme of the poem is to take your time on your journey through life, stopping to obtain wisdom, pleasure and experience. Some people always find the straight and easy way through life, proceeding linearly and avoiding distractions and detours. When they reach the end, what do they have to show for it? Cavafy seems to be saying that the things that really matter in the end are experiences and memories. You can not get many of these on the straight and narrow path. Odysseus’ ten year voyage home from the Trojan war, with its many turnings and adventures, is a metaphor for a fulfilling life.
One unusual feature of the work is that it is written in the second person imperative. It tells the read…