Saturday, January 29, 2011

 

Soon

Theognis 877-878 (tr. J.M. Edmonds):
Play and be young, my heart; there'll be other men soon, but I shall be dead and become dark earth.

Ἥβα μοι, φίλε θυμέ· τάχ´ αὖ τινες ἄλλοι ἔσονται
  ἄνδρες, ἐγὼ δὲ θανὼν γαῖα μέλαιν´ ἔσομαι.



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