I've woven them a garment that's prepared
out of poor words, those that I overheard, and will hold fast to every word and glance
all of my days, even in new mischance,
and if a gag should bind my tortured mouth,
through which a hundred million people shout,
then let them pray for me, as I do pray
for them, this eve of my remembrance day.
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I should like to call you all by name, / But they have lost the lists... / I have, woven fore them a great shroud / Out of the poor words I overheard them speak. / I remember them always and everywhere, / And if they shut my tormented mouth, / Through which a hundred million of my people cry, / Let them remember me also...
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Translated by D. M. Thomas