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I look before me at my lighted candles,
I don’t want to turn around and see with horror
How quickly the dark line is lengthening,
How quickly the candles multiply that have been put out.
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"Candles" [?????], as translated by Manolis, in Constantine P. Cavafy: Poems (2008) edited by George Amabile

 

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