Refugee Blues / W H Auden
ืขืืืื: 9 ืืืจืฅ 2022
Refugee Blues
W H Auden
Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:
Yet thereโs no place for us, my dear, yet thereโs no place for us.
Once we had a country and we thought it fair,
Look in the atlas and youโll find it there:
We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.
In the village churchyard there grows an old yew,
Every spring it blossoms anew;
Old passports canโt do that, my dear, old passports canโt do that.
The consul banged the table and said:
โIf youโve got no passport, youโre officially deadโ;
But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.
Went to a committee; they offered me a chair;
Asked me politely to return next year:
But where shall we go today, my dear, but where shall we go today?
Came to a public meeting; the speaker got up and said:
โIf we let them in, they will steal our daily breadโ;
He was talking of you and me, my dear, he was talking of you and me.
Thought I heard the thunder rumbling in the sky;
It was Hitler over Europe, saying: โThey must dieโ;
We were in his mind, my dear, we were in his mind.
Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin,
Saw a door opened and a cat let in:
But they werenโt German Jews, my dear, but they werenโt German Jews.
Went down the harbour and stood upon the quay,
Saw the fish swimming as if they were free:
Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away.
Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:
They werenโt the human race, my dear, they werenโt the human race.
Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors,
A thousand windows and a thousand doors;
Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours.
Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;
Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.
ืืืื ืฉื ืคืืื / ื"ื ืืืื
ืึผึธืขึดืืจ ืึทืึผึนืืช ืึตืฉื, ืึผืึนื ื ึนืืึทืจ, ืึทืึฐืคึตื ืจึดืึผืึนื ืึธืึธื
ืึตืฉื ืฉืึถืึผึธืชึผึตื ืึดืึผืึนืช ืึธืึถื, ืึถืึฐืงึธื โ ืึผึทืึผึทืช ืึธืขึธื.
ืึทืึฐ ืึธื ืึผ ืึตืื ืึธืงืึนื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึทืึฐ ืึธื ืึผ ืึตืื ืึธืงืึนื.
ืึทืจึฐืฆึตื ืึผ, ืฉืึถืึผืึนืึธื ืึธืึฐืชึธื, ืึผึธืึนืืช ืึตืื ึถื ึผึธื ืขืึนื.
ืึผึฐืืึน ืชึผึธืึดืื ืชึผึดืึฐืฆึธื ืืึนืชึธืึผ ืึผึฐืกึตืคึถืจ ืึทืึผึทืคึผืึนืช.
ืึธืฉืืึผื ืึตืึถืืึธ ืึนื ื ืึผืึทื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึธืฉืืึผื ืึผึฐืึธืจ ืึนื ื ืึผืึทื.
ืึทืึผืึนื ืึทืึผึนืงึถื ืึผึทืึฒืฆึทืจ ืึทืึผึฐืคึธืจ ืึฐืฆึทื ืึทืึผึฐื ึตืกึดืึผึธื
ืึผึฐืืึนื ืึธืึดืื ืึผึปืึผืึน ืขืึนืึถื ืคึผึฐืจึดืืึธื ืึฐืคึตืืคึดืึผึธื
ืึฒืึธื ืึผึทืจึฐืึผืึนื ืึธืฉืึธื ืึนื ืึดืชึฐืึทืึผึตืฉื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึนื ืึดืชึฐืึทืึผึตืฉื.
ืึฐืึทืฉึผืึทืึฐืจึดืืจ ืขึทื ืฉืึปืึฐืึธื ืึน ืึผึฐืึถืึฐืจืึนืคืึน ืืึนืึตื.
ืึผึฐืึดื ืึผึทืจึฐืึผืึนื ืจึดืฉืึฐืึดืืช ืึทืชึผึธื ืึธืฉืืึผื ืึผึธืึตืช.
ืึฒืึธื ืึฒื ึทืึฐื ืึผ ืึผึทืึทืึผึดืื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึฒื ึทืึฐื ืึผ ืึผึทืึทืึผึดืื.
ืึธืึทืึฐืชึผึดื ืึถื ืึธืึผึทืขึฒืึธื. ืึผืึฐืขืึนืึดื ืึธืฉืึผื,
ืึดืฆึผึดืืขืึผ ืึดื ืึผึฐืจึนื ื ึดืืืึผืก ืึผึฐืขืึนื ืฉืึธื ึธื ืึธืฉืืึผื.
ืึทืึฐ ืึธื ื ึตืึตืึฐ ืึทืึผืึนื, ืจึตืขึดื? ืึฐืึธื ื ึตืึตืึฐ ืึทืึผืึนื?
ืึธืึทืึฐืชึผึดื ืึทืขึฒืฆึถืจึถืช ืขึธื, ืึฐืฉืึธื ืึธืจึฐืฆืึผ ืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธื:
"ืึดื ืึดืึผึธื ึฐืกืึผ, ืึตื ืึดืึฐืึฐืืึผ ืึดืคึผึดืื ืึผ ืึถืช ืึทืคึผึทืช".
ืขึธืึตืื ืึผ ืึตื ืึผึดืึผึฐืจืึผ, ืจึตืขึดื. ืขึธืึตืื ืึผ ืึถื ืึผึปืึผึทืจ.
ืึฐืจึทืขึทื ืึดืึผึฐืจืึนืึดืื ื ึดืฉืึฐืึทืข, ืึผืึฐืึธื ืึฒืชึทืจ ืืึน ืึตื
ืึธืึธื ืึถื ืึดืืึฐืึถืจ ืึผึดืึผึฐืึปืึผึถื: "ืึผึดืึฐืจืึผ ืึผึฐืึตืจึทืช ืึทืฉืึฐืึตื".
ืขึธืึตืื ืึผ ื ึถืึถืึฐืจืึผ ืึผึฐืึธืจึธืื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืขึธืึตืื ืึผ ื ึถืึถืึฐืจืึผ.
ืจึธืึดืืชึดื ืคึผืึผืึฐื ืึฐืชึปืึฐืชึผึธื ืึธืืึผืฉ ืฉืึธื ึดื ืึธืชึฐืึตืึถืช.
ืจึธืึดืืชึดื ืึตืืึฐ ืึทืึฒืชืึผืึดืื ืคึผืึนืชึฐืึดืื ืึตื ืึถืช ืึทืึผึถืึถืช.
ืึทืึฐ ืึตื ืึนื ืึฐืืึผืึดืื ืึธืืึผ, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึนื ืึฐืืึผืึดืื.
ืขึฒืึตื ืจึธืฆึดืืฃ ืฉืึถืึผึทื ึผึธืึตื ืขึธืึทืึฐืชึผึดื ื ึดืึฐืึธื.
ืึผึธืึดืื ืฉืืึนืึดืื ืึผึฐืึธืคึฐืฉืึดืึดืื ืึผึตืื ืึทืึผึทืึผึดืื ืึผึทืึผึธื.
ืึตื ืึผึนื ืงึฐืจืึนืึดืื ืึตืึทื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึตื ืึผึนื ืงึฐืจืึนืึดืื ืึตืึทื.
ืึดืื ึดืื ืฉืึถื ืึผึทืขึฒืึตื-ืึผึธื ึธืฃ ืึผึทืึผึทืขึทืจ ืขึทื ืขึตืฆึดืื
ืึผึฐืึตืื ืึธืึถื ืึฐืึดืื ึธืึดืื ืึผึธืฆึดืื ืึผืึฐืฆึทืึผึฐืฆึดืื.
ืึตื ืึนื ืึทืึผึดืื ืึธืึฑื ืึนืฉืึดื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึนื ืึฒื ึธืฉืึดืื ืึตื ืึผึฐืึธื.
ืึผืึทืึฒืืึนื ืจึธืึดืืชึดื ืึผึทืึดืช ืึฐืืึน ืึตืืึนืช ืงืึนืืึนืช.
ืึผืืึน ืคึผึฐืชืึผืึดืื ืึทืึฐืคึตื ืคึผึฐืชึธืึดืื โ ืึผึฐืึธืชืึนืช ืึฐืึทืึผืึนื ืึนืช.
ืึนื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึดืืึตื ืึผ ืึตื, ืจึตืขึดื. ืึนื ืึผึดืฉืึฐืึดืืึตื ืึผ ืึตื.
ืึผืึฐืึตื ืึดืืฉืืึนืจ ืึปืฉืึฐืึธื ืึผึธื ืึดืืฉื ืึธืึดืืฉื ืขึธืึทื,
ืึฐืึทืึผึธืึดืื ืจึดืึผืึนื ืกึธืึดืื, ื ึธืขึดืื ืึตื ืึฐืึธื ืฆึทื.
ืืึนืชึธื ืึผ ืึตื ืฆึธืึดืื, ืจึตืขึดื, ืืึนืชึธื ืึผ ืึตื ืฆึธืึดืื.
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