"Translations (like wives) are seldom strictly faithful if they are in the least attractive."

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Anti-apartheid activistsPeople from DurbanPoets from South AfricaTranslators from South AfricaSatirists from South Africa
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In The Poetry Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (June–July 1949) p. 201

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In The Poetry Review, vol. 40, no. 3 (June–July 1949) p. 201