I can just read the inscription on this ancient stone. <br />“Lo[r]d Jesus Christ.” I make out a “So[u]l.” <br />“In the mon[th] of Athyr’ ‘Lefkio[s] went to sleep.” <br />Where his age is mentioned—“lived to the age of”— <br />the Kappa Zeta shows that he went to sleep a young man. <br />In the corroded part I see “Hi[m]…Alexandrian.” <br />Then there are three badly mutilated lines— <br />though I can pick out a few words, like “our tea[r]s,” <br />“grief,” <br />then “tears” again, and “sorrow to [us] his [f]riends.” <br />I think Lefkios must have been greatly loved. <br />In the month of Athyr Lefkios went to sleep.<br /><br />Constantine P. Cavafy<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/in-the-month-athyr/
