"1904: Alexandria" by Cavafy, C.P.; Barnstone, Aliki (tr.)

Cavafy, C.P. / Καβάφης, Κ.Π. (1863-1933)

Translation (item)

Title: "1904: Alexandria"
Author: Cavafy, C.P.
Translator: Barnstone, Aliki
In: Lapham's Quarterly 4.4 (Fall 2011)
Page span: 25-26
Title of issue: "The Future"
Genre: Poetry
Material type: Journal
Place of publication: New York, New York
Date of publication: 2011
Editorial note: The poem is an English translation of "Waiting for the Barbarians", from The Collected Poems of C.P. Cavafy: A New Translation (Aliki Barnstone, tr. NY: W.W. Norton, 2006). It is included in the section 'Voices in Time' (and its subsection "Hopes & Fears").
Entry number: 4.417
Last updated: 2021-12-07