Status Updates From Godot'yu Beklerken

À l’aide je comprends rien

this continues to be an ... interesting translation. as in, quoting german children's rhymes, referring to the Emsland....... o-kay. the afterword includes a reference to the translator being besties with Beckett. and it's from the 50s/60s so i guess it's the same as setting Brave New World in north germany. for the translation

“The tears of the world are a constant quantity. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops. The same is true of the laugh. [He laughs.] Let us not then speak ill of our generation, it is not any unhappier than its predecessors. [Pause.] Let us not speak well of it either. [Pause.] Let us not speak of it at all. [Pause. Judiciously.] It is true the population has increased.”

“ "Use your intelligence, can’t you?"
[VLADIMIR uses his intelligence.]
[Finally.] "I remain in the dark." ”

“ "You should have been a poet."
"I was." [Gesture towards his rags.] "Isn’t that obvious." ”

“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.”

starting this on the first day of ramadan was crazy work !!

lucky speaks!

the vibe between Estragon and Wladimir is giving cellmates who would be heartbroken if the other one got out earlier