I should have known that this would happen..., by Rupert Moreton I should have known that this would happen, /
When I embarked upon this act, /
That bloody lines they will entangle, /
They’ll strangle as they ...
If I had known what would come later..., by Cecil Maurice Bowra If I had known what would come later. /
When first my stage career began. /
The words will take to blood and slaughter. /
Go for the throat and ...
If only, when I made my début..., by Babette Deutsch If only, when I made my début, /
There might have been a way to tell /
That lines with blood in them can murder, /
That they can flood the throa...
O had I known that it ends like this..., by Edwin Morgan O had I known that it ends like this, /
the day I sprang to my debut, /
that lines and blood together kill. /
Chokethroat, strike us through and...
in portuguese
Boris Pasternak (português)
Ah, se eu antes soubera desta sina..., Haroldo de Campos, Boris Schnaiderman Ah, se eu antes soubera desta sina, /
Quando me preparava para a estréia, /
Que há morte nestas linhas, — assassinas!, /
Como um golpe de sangue...