The Things that Cause a Quiet Life
MARTIAL, the things that do attain
The happy life, be these, I find :
The riches left, not got with pain ;
The fruitful ground, the quiet mind :
The equal friend, no grudge, no strife ;
No charge of rule, nor governance ;
Without disease, the healthful life ;
The household of continuance :
The mean diet, no delicate fare ;
True wisdom join'd with simpleness ;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress :
The faithful wife, without debate ;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night.
Contented with thine own estate ;
Ne wish for Death, ne fear his might.
The happy life, be these, I find :
The riches left, not got with pain ;
The fruitful ground, the quiet mind :
The equal friend, no grudge, no strife ;
No charge of rule, nor governance ;
Without disease, the healthful life ;
The household of continuance :
The mean diet, no delicate fare ;
True wisdom join'd with simpleness ;
The night discharged of all care,
Where wine the wit may not oppress :
The faithful wife, without debate ;
Such sleeps as may beguile the night.
Contented with thine own estate ;
Ne wish for Death, ne fear his might.
Henry Howard
* Martial ist ein römischer Dichter.
Leider habe ich keine Übersetzung ins Deutsche gefunden welche mir adequat erscheint. Deutsch scheint mir nicht geeignet die Nuancen zu erfassen.
Murgels Gedanke dazu:
Was gäbe ich um dies zu besitzen.
1 Kommentar:
Deutsch ist eine höchst adÄquate Sprache, so man sie denn beherrscht... ;)
Du könntest ja selbst übersetzen und sehen, was rauskommt.
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