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[stogarov]

О переводе стихотворения Э. Дикинсон Opinion is a flitting thing

В стихотворении 4 строки:

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Opinion is a flitting thing,
But Truth  outlasts the Sun -
If then we cannot own them both -
Possess the oldest one -

И три действующих предмета:
Opinion, Truth  и Sun.

Конечно, можно посчитать, что стихотворение сводится к тривиальной сентенции: мнение (

Comments

[simon_benjamin]

Солнце только для сравнения:
из могилы его не видно...

[stogarov]

А Вы считаете, в могиле есть мнения? :0)

Сравни:

[simon_benjamin]

I died for Beauty - but was scarce
Adjusted in the Tomb
When One who died for Truth, was lain
In adjoining Room.

He questioned softly ‘Why I failed’ ?
‘For Beauty’ I replied -
‘And I - for Truth - Themself are One -
We Brethren, are’ - He said -

And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night -
We talked between the Rooms -
Until the Moss had reached our lips -
And covered up our names -

Re: Сравни:

[stogarov]

Можно и с этим, где To bask - греться на солнце:

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A long - long Sleep - A famous - Sleep -
That makes no show for Morn -
By Stretch of Limb - or stir of Lid -
An independent One -

Was ever idleness like This?
Upon a Bank of Stone
To bask the Centuries away -
Nor once look up - for Noon?