Re: "the goldene medina"

[Owen Davidson <owend...>]

Or as Vamvakaris sang;

"Pantou tha panta kiverna
afto to portofola.
Djepi mou, yemati na'se,
ke kanena min fovase."

Everything will always be ruled by the wallet.
Be full, my pocket, and fear no one.

It's universal.

Owen 

What is it Men in Women do require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.
What is it Women do in Men require?
The lineaments of Gratified Desire.

Wm. Blake

Robert Cohen wrote:
> 
> Just remember that this phrase--which is often and characteristically used
> in immigrants' songs sarcastically rather than celebratorily--e.g., in
> response to the 'streets not (after all) being paved with gold'--also got
> re-interpreted to refer to a country (ours, sadly, and even more so--*much*
> more so--today) in which gold--money--rather than, e.g., learning, piety,
> kindness, good works, etc.--was the measure of all things.

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