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“The Windows” by Constantine P. Cavafy 🇬🇷 (29 Apr 186329 Apr 1933)
Translated from the Greek by Edmund Keeley & Philip Sherrard
In these darkened rooms, where I spend
oppresive days, I pace to and fro
to find the windows.—When a window
opens, it will be a consolation.—
But the windows cannot be found, or I cannot
find them. And maybe it is best that I do not find them.
Maybe the light will be a new tyranny.
Who knows what new things it will reveal.