A clay water jug and a wooden bowl of red-orange stew on a mat, with a distant painted teal river and ochre sky.

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Juba

It's somewhere out there; my country, my home. My wife is preparing food. My daughter is carrying water from the river. Will I ever see them again? I think no.

— Gladiator

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker pictures home far away: a wife cooking, a daughter carrying water from the river. Then comes the quiet question of whether they'll ever be seen again, answered with a resigned 'I think no'.

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