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Vic 🇪🇺

Remembered "You Who Wronged" by Czeslaw Milosz today.
Read in in 20th century, this was shockingly powerful, reminding the powers-that-be of the force of and memory.
The English comes across as just as strong and indomitable - although the metre of the original is more enthralling to me, like a bitter chanting his malediction.
And, of course, the sentiment of bearing witness to those in power who wronged others... welp.

poetryfoundation.org/poems/494

The Poetry FoundationYou Who WrongedYou who wronged a simple man Bursting into laughter at the crime, And kept a pack of fools around you To mix good and evil, to blur the line, Though everyone bowed down before you, Saying virtue and wisdom lit your way, Striking gold medals in your honor, Glad to have survived another day, Do not…
Nov 19, 2024, 09:32 AM·Public
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