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When everything was fine	A
And the notion of sin had vanished	B
And the earth was ready	C
In universal peace	D
To consume and rejoice	E
Without creeds and utopias	F
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I for unknown reasons	G
Surrounded by the books	H
Of prophets and theologians	G
Of philosophers poets	I
Searched for an answer	J
Scowling grimacing	K
Waking up at night muttering at dawn	L
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What oppressed me so much	M
Was a bit shameful	N
Talking of it aloud	O
Would show neither tact nor prudence	P
It might even seem an outrage	Q
Against the health of mankind	R
	-
Alas my memory	C
Does not want to leave me	C
And in it live beings	S
Each with its own pain	T
Each with its own dying	K
Its own trepidation	U
	-
Why then innocence	P
On paradisal beaches	F
An impeccable sky	V
Over the church of hygiene	W
Is it because that	X
Was long ago	Y
	-
To a saintly man	Z
So goes an Arab tale	A2
God said somewhat maliciously	C
Had I revealed to people	N
How great a sinner you are	B2
They could not praise you	C2
	-
And I answered the pious one	U
Had I unveiled to them	D2
How merciful you are	B2
They would not care for you	C2
	-
To whom should I turn	E2
With that affair so dark	F2
Of pain and also guilt	G2
In the structure of the world	H2
If either here below	Y
Or over there on high	V
No power can abolish	I2
The cause and the effect	J2
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Don't think don't remember	J
The death on the cross	K2
Though everyday He dies	L2
The only one all loving	K
Who without any need	M2
Consented and allowed	O
To exist all that is	N2
Including nails of torture	J
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Totally enigmatic	O2
Impossibly intricate	P2
Better to stop speech here	Q2
This language is not for people	N
Blessed be jubilation	U
Vintages and harvests	R2
Even if not everyone	U
Is granted serenity	C

Czeslaw Milosz

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