Vacuous Julian had the following to say about our religious beliefs: “I read, I understood I condemned.” He thought we’d be annihilated by that “condemned,” the silly ass. Witticisms like that don’t cut any ice with us Christians. Our quick reply: “You read but didn’t understand; had you understood, you wouldn’t have condemned.”
Reprinted from C.P. CAVAFY: Collected Poems Revised Edition, translated by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard, edited by George Savidis. Translation copyright © 1975, 1992 by Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard. Princeton University Press. For reuse of these translations, please contact Princeton University Press.
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