“Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words,
then labor heavily so that they may seem light.”

— Wisława Szymborska

"Under One Small Star"
Poems New and Collected (1998), Could Have (1972)
Context: I know I won't be justified as long as I live,
since I myself stand in my own way.
Don't bear me ill will, speech, that I borrow weighty words,
then labor heavily so that they may seem light.

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Polish writer 1923–2012

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