Days to come stand in front of us
\nlike a row of lighted candles\u2014
\ngolden, warm, and vivid candles.<\/p>\n
Days gone by fall behind us,
\na gloomy line of snuffed-out candles;
\nthe nearest are smoking still,
\ncold, melted, and bent.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to look at them: their shape saddens me,
\nand it saddens me to remember their original light.
\nI look ahead at my lighted candles.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t want to turn for fear of seeing, terrified,
\nhow quickly that dark line gets longer,
\nhow quickly the snuffed-out candles proliferate.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
C.P. Cavafy<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Translated by Edmund Keeley\/Philip Sherrard<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Days to come stand in front of us like a row of lighted candles\u2014 golden, warm, and vivid candles. Days gone by fall behind us, a gloomy line of snuffed-out candles; the nearest are smoking still, cold, melted, and bent. 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