MUROS - CONSTANTIN CAVAFIS - WALLS

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MUROS
Sin consideración, sin piedad, sin recato
grandes y altos muros en torno mío construyeron.

Y ahora estoy aquí y me desespero.
Otra cosa no pienso: mi espíritu devora este destino;

porque afuera muchas cosas tenia yo que hacer.
Ah cuando los muros construían cómo no estuve atento.

Pero nunca escuché ruido ni rumor de constructores.
Imperceptiblemente fuera del mundo me encerraron.

(Constantin Cavafis)


WALLS
Without consideration, without pity, without shame
they have built big and high walls around me.

And now I sit here despairing.
I think of nothing else: this fate gnaws at my mind;

for I had many things to do outside.
Ah why didn't I observe them when they were building the walls?

But I never heard the noise or the sound of the builders.
Imperceptibly they shut me out of the world.

(Constantine Cavafy)