I have transposed nearly all of the poems of the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy into English. This is no. 151 of his poetical canon. 151. ANCIENT GRECOSYRIAN SPELLS Wait for the silence and the speaking voice of unincarnate spirit, having sipped, of paradisal herbs, fine distillations clear as dew, concentrations gleaned from magic books of Grecosyrian sages. Wait for the silence, the whispered voice intoning secretly into your inner ear...