O besedilu
Vrtnica in amarant
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 384. Ῥόδον καὶ Ἀμάρατον. (C. 275. F. 321.)
O izvirniku
Ezopove basni
Kratke basni, kjer živali v nekaj potezah razkrijejo človeške slabosti. Bralni jezik je English, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Ezopove basni v jeziku Ancient Greek.
Besedilo
Vrtnica in amarant
An amaranth growing beside a rose said to it, “What a lovely flower you are, cherished by gods and mortals alike! I envy your beauty and fragrance.” But the rose replied, “My dear amaranth, I live only a little while, and even if no one plucks me, I wither away. You, however, bloom forever and remain forever young.” It is better to live on, content with little, than to enjoy a brief spell of luxury only to suffer a turn of ill fortune or even death.
Izvirnik
384. Ῥόδον καὶ Ἀμάρατον. (C. 275. F. 321.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Ῥόδῳ παραφυὲν ἀμάραντον ἔφη πρὸς αὐτό· ,,οἷον ἄνθος εὐπρεπὲς εἶ, ποθητὸν καὶ θεοῖς καὶ ἀνθρώποις· μακαρίζω σε τοῦ κάλλους καὶ τῆς εὐωδίαρ.“ Τὸ δὲ εἷπεν· ,,ἐγὼ μὲν, ὦ ἀμάραντον, πρὸς ὀλίγον καιρὸν ζῶ, καὶ, κἂν μηδεὶς κόψῃ με, τήκομαι· σὺ δὲ ἀνθεῖς ἀεὶ, καὶ ζῇς οὕτω νέον.“
Ὅτι κρεῖσσον ὀλιγαρκούμενόν τινα διαμένειν, ἢ πρὸς ὀλίγον τρυφήσαντα μεταβολῆς δυστυχοῦς τυχεῖν ἢ καὶ ἀποθανεῖν.
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