What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place?
The barbarians are to arrive today.


'Waiting for the Barbarians' (1904) (translated by E. Keeley and P. Sherrard)

Constantine P. Cavafy Quotes

What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place? The barbarians are to arrive today.

What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place? The barbarians are to arrive today.

What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place? The barbarians are to arrive today.

What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place? The barbarians are to arrive today.