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What are we all waiting for gathered together like this on the public square? The Barbarians are coming today.
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Why have our two consuls and praetors come out today
wearing their embroidered, their scarlet togas?
Why have they put on bracelets with so many amethysts,
rings sparkling with magnificent emeralds?
Why are they carrying elegant canes
beautifully worked in silver and gold? Because the barbarians are coming today
and things like that dazzle the barbarians.
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What are we waiting for, gathered in the market-place?
The barbarians are to arrive today.
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What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today.
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Constantine P. Cavafy
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Born:
April 29, 1863
Died:
April 29, 1933
(aged 70)
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