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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=540833" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Return of the Proconsul</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve decided to return to the emperor’s court<br>once more I shall see if it’s possible to live there<br>I could stay here in this remote province<br>under the full sweet leaves of sycamores<br>under the rule of sickly nepotists</div><div style="margin:10px 0">when I return I don’t intend to commend myself<br>I shall applaud in measured portions<br>smile in ounces frown discreetly<br>for that they will not give me a golden chain<br>this iron one will suffice</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I’ve decided to return tomorrow or the next day<br>I cannot live among vineyards nothing here is mine<br>trees have no roots houses no foundations the rain is glassy flowers smell of wax<br>a dry cloud rattles against the empty sky<br>so I shall return tomorrow the next day in any case I shall return</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I must come to terms with my face again<br>with my lower lip so it knows how to check scorn<br>with my eyes so they remain ideally empty<br>and with that miserable chin the hare of my face<br>which trembles when the chief of guards walks in</div><div style="margin:10px 0">of one thing I am sure I will not drink wine with him<br>when he brings his goblet nearer I will lower my eyes<br>and pretend I’m picking bits of food from between my teeth<br>besides the emperor likes courage of convictions<br>to a certain extent to a certain reasonable extent<br>he is after all a man like everyone<br>and already tired by all those tricks with poison<br>he cannot drink his fill incessant chess<br>this left cup is for Drusus from the right one pretend to sip<br>then drink only water never lose sight of Tacitus</div><div style="margin:10px 0">take a walk in the garden and return when the copse has been removed<br>I’ve decided to return to the emperor’s court<br>I really hope that things will work out somehow</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Zbigniew+Herbert">Zbigniew Herbert</a><div class=q>
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once more I shall see if it’s possible to live there
I could stay here in this remote province
under the full sweet leaves of sycamores
under the rule of sickly nepotists

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