Αυτοβιογραφικό σημείωμα - A biographical note

A biographical note written by Constantine P. Cavafy reads as follows:

"I am from Constantinople by descent, but I was born in Alexandria—at a house on Seriph Street; I left very young, and spent much of my childhood in England. Subsequently I visited this country as an adult, but for a short period of time. I have also lived in France. During my adolescence I lived over two years in Constantinople. It has been many years since I last visited Greece. My last employment was as a clerk at a government office under the Ministry of Public Works of Egypt. I know English, French, and a little Italian."

Ένα σύντομο αυτοβιογραφικό σημείωμα του ποιητή Κωνσταντίνου Καβάφη:

Εἶμαι Κωνσταντινουπολίτης τὴν καταγωγήν, ἀλλὰ ἐγεννήθηκα στὴν Ἀλεξάνδρεια — σ' ἕνα σπίτι τῆς ὁδοῦ Σερίφ· μικρὸς πολὺ ἔφυγα, καὶ ἀρκετὸ μέρος τῆς παιδικῆς μου ἡλικίας τὸ πέρασα στὴν Ἀγγλία. Κατόπιν ἐπισκέφθην τὴν χώραν αὐτὴν μεγάλος, ἀλλὰ γιὰ μικρὸν χρονικὸν διάστημα. Διέμεινα καὶ στὴ Γαλλία. Στὴν ἐφηβικήν μου ἡλικίαν κατοίκησα ὑπὲρ τὰ δύο ἔτη στὴν Κωνσταντινούπολη. Στὴν Ἑλλάδα εἶναι πολλὰ χρόνια ποὺ δὲν ἐπῆγα. Ἡ τελευταία μου ἐργασία ἦταν ὑπαλλήλου εἰς ἕνα κυβερνητικὸν γραφεῖον ἐξαρτώμενον ἀπὸ τὸ ὑπουργεῖον τῶν Δημοσίων Ἔργων τῆς Αἰγύπτου. Ξέρω Ἀγγλικά, Γαλλικὰ καὶ ὁλίγα Ἰταλικά.