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Constantine P. Cavafy
C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems. (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
by Constantine P. Cavafy
Candles
The days of our future stand in front of us
like a row of little lit candles --
golden, warm, and lively little candles.
The days past remain behind us,
a mournful line of extinguished candles;
the ones nearest are still smoking,
cold candles, melted, and bent.
I do not want to look at them; their form saddens me,
and it saddens me to recall their first light.
I look ahead at my lit candles.
I do not want to turn back, lest I see and shudder
at how fast the dark line lengthens,
at how fast the extinguished candles multiply.
Book:
C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poems. (Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation)
by Constantine P. Cavafy
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Constantine P. Cavafy
1863 - 1933
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Greek
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1863 - 1933
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Greek
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