[아름다운 영시28]The Quiet Life(Solitude) by Alexander Pope-알렉산더 포우프작의 평온한 삶

 

 

The Quiet Life

평온한 삶
by Alexander Pope

 

 

Happy the man whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
Content to breathe his native air
In his own ground. 

Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter fire.

Blest who can unconcern'dly find
Hours, days, and years slide soft away
In health of body, peace of mind,
Quiet by day,                                   

 
Sound sleep by night; study and ease
Together mixt, sweet recreation,
And innocence, which most does please
With meditation.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.

 

 

 번역: Helen of Troy 

 

  

 

 trees in alberta snowy winter in jan. 2011