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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

The PATHS OF GLORY

Paths of Glory (fragment) in Spanish and English
Category: Writing and Poetry




Let not Ambition mock their useful toil,
Their homely joys, and destiny obscure; 30
Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile
The short and simple annals of the Poor.

The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power,
And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave
Awaits alike th' inevitable hour:— 35
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.


No permitáis que la ambición se burle de las tareas útiles de ellos

De sus sencillas alegrías y oscuro destino;

Ni que la grandeza escuche, con sonrisa desdeñosa

las breves y sencillas crónicas de los pobres.

El alarde de la heráldica, la pompa del poder

y todo el esplendor, toda la abundancia que da,

espera igualmente la hora inevitable.

Los senderos de la gloria no conducen sino a la tumba.

(Traducción; translation R. K. Munro)

http://www.bartleby.com/40/285.html

LINCOLN had the shortest autobiography of all time; he merely quoted Gray "the short and simple annals of the Poor

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