Ðàëüô Óîëäî Ýìåðñîí, Ýðîñ

Äìèòðèé ßêóáîâ
Ìèðîçäàíèÿ ïðîñò çàêîí
(Õîòü ðàçëè÷íî òîëêóåòñÿ îí):
Ëþáè - è áóäü ëþáèì.
Âûøå íåò åãî íè÷åãî,
Ñòî ðàç èçâðàòèòå åãî –
Îí öàðñòâóåò, íåêîëåáèì.

Eros
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The sense of the world is short,—
Long and various the report,—
To love and be beloved;
Men and gods have not outlearned it;
And, how oft soe'er they’ve turned it,
’Tis not to be improved.