Bolesław Leśmian, "Why so many candles..."

Bolesław Leśmian, "Why so many candles..." is a readable datashard in Cyberpunk 2077. It is a poem from the important Polish poet Bolesław Leśmian. This datashard can be found in V's mansion in the Path of Glory ending.

Transcript
Why so many candles, these faces above me?

No more harm shall ever meet my body.

Everyone is standing -- while here alone I lie --

Grieving, feigning. One must be true when one must die.

And so, buried under these wreathes of leaves, I lie --

Solemnly -- Agelessly -- Solitarily.

Death, gone silent, once again rushes to my head,

Though by now I know all my comprehension is dead.

How I loathe to become accustomed to this grave,

To be what I once was -- that is all I crave.

Translated by Stefano Salsicciao