When
I pronounce the word Future,
the
first syllable already belongs to the past.
When
I pronounce the word Silence,
I
destroy it.
When
I pronounce the word Nothing,
I
make something no nonbeing can hold
~
Wislawa Szymborska
Translated
from polish by S. Baranczak
& C. Cavanagh
For my Indonesian translation click here
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