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Para empezar, el padre Estado tenderá... a tenerte en un puño de principio a fin... atormentándote con raros artefactos:
For the world's a vale of lamentation! First, Good Father State will tend To keep you on a string From start to end
Pero también hay un padre estado que cometió un gran error con nosotros.
But then there's also a father state that made a big mistake with us.
La directora me recibe en un despacho austero, me tranquiliza en cuanto a la salud de mi padre, me hace un montón de preguntas sobre nuestras relaciones personales y quiere saber si pienso dejarlo allí, pues es incapaz de valerse por sí mismo y siempre estará mejor atendido en el hospicio, que dispone de un personal altamente especializado y entregado a su tarea. Le ruego que me lleve junto a mi padre.
The director received me in her austere office, reassured me about my father’s state of health, asked me a lot of questions about my relationship with him, asked if I planned to leave him permanently in her care, because, she said, he couldn’t manage on his own and would be better off at the home with its well-trained and highly devoted staff. I asked her if I could see my father.
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