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Synge, John Millington: Epitaph

Portre of Synge, John Millington

Epitaph (English)

after Reading Ronsard's Lines from Rabelais

If fruits are fed on any beast
Let vine-roots suck this parish priest,
For while he lived, no summer sun
Went up but he'd a bottle done,
And in the starlight beer and stout
Kept his waistcoat bulging out.

Then Death that changes happy things
Damned his soul to water springs.



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Sírirat (Hungarian)

Ronsard-nak Rabelais-ról szóló sorait olvasván

Ha állat gyümölcsöt etet,
Papunkat szőlő nőlje meg,
Mert amíg élt, a nyári nap
Üres palackkal lelte csak,
S a csillagfénynél sört nyakalt,
Mellénye puffadt hast takart.

Csak a halál vette kedvét,
Vízre kárhoztatta lelkét.



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Source of the quotationF. R.

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