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The days of the future stand in front of us Like a line of candles all alight Golden and warm and lively little candles.

From all I did and all I said let no one try to find out who I was.

A month passes by and brings another month. Easy to guess what lies ahead: all of yesterday's boredom. And tomorrow ends up no longer like tomorrow.

Arriving there is what you are destined for

When you set out for Ithaca, ask that your way be long

What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today.

If you are one of the truly elect, be careful how you attain your eminence.

Try to keep them, poet, those erotic visions of yours, however few of them there are that can be stilled. Put them, half-hidden, in your lines.

I'm practically broke and homeless. This fatal city, Antioch, has devoured all my money: this fatal city with its extravagant life.

One candle is enough. Its gentle light will be more suitable, will be more gracious when the Shades arrive, the Shades of Love.