For a country without a past is nothing, a word
That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning,
A perishable wall destroyed by flame,
An echo of animal emotions.
"A Legend" (1949), trans. Czesŀaw Miŀosz and Robert Hass - Daylight (1953)
For a country without a past is nothing, a word
That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning,
A perishable wall destroyed by flame,
An echo of animal emotions.
"A Legend" (1949), trans. Czesŀaw Miŀosz and Robert Hass - Daylight (1953)