II, 11
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book II
“Ever in this world saw I
Good men suffer grave torments,
But even more—
Enough to terrify—
Men who live out evil lives
Reveling in pleasure and in content.”
Os bons vi sempre passar
No mundo graves tormentos;
E para mais me espantar,
Os maus vi sempre nadar
Em mar de contentamentos.
"Esparsa ao Desconcerto do Mundo", translation from Luís de Camões and the Epic of the Lusiads (1962) by Henry Hersch Hart, p. 111
Lyric poetry, Songs (redondilhas)
Original
Os bons vi sempre passar No mundo graves tormentos; E para mais me espantar Os maus vi sempre nadar Em mar de contentamentos.
poesia "Esparsa ao desconcerto do mundo"
Lírica
Variant: Os bons vi sempre passar
No mundo graves tormentos;
E para mais me espantar,
Os maus vi sempre nadar
Em mar de contentamentos.
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