Nazim Hikmet

moonlight the falsest the most languid the most petit-bourgeoisstrikes meI like it

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moonlight the falsest the most languid the most petit-bourgeoisstrikes meI like it

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Living is no laughing matter: you must live with great seriousness like a squirrel for example - I mean without looking for something beyond and above living, I mean living must be your whole occupation.

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However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.

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When the light of the star which flows into my eyes as a drop of gold first pierced the darkness in space, there was not a single eye on earth looking at the sky ...

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In the dim light of my last dawn I will see my friends and you and I will only take to my grave the sorrow of an unfinished song.

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That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

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We can only reach our goal amid bloodletting

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The life of man is long, perhaps longer than necessary Or perhaps it is shorter than necessary?

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