Später Triumph
Language: German (Deutsch) after the German (Deutsch)
Und um die Rippen zog er sich ein kahles Ochsenfell,
von Schmutz starrend, ein altes Schildfutteral.
Und mit der Brotverkäuferin trieb er's
und mit den mannsüchtigen Weibstücken,
den schmutzigsten. Unsauber auch ganz war sein Gewerb.
Oft im Block war sein Genick, desgleichen oft im Rad.
Und oft auch mit Zuchtruten gepeitscht ward er.
Und auch am Kopf geschändet und sein Bart gerupft.
Und jetzt? Und jetzt? Den Prachtwagen besteigt er.
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- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Delayed triumph", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 9
Word count: 70
Delayed triumph
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
And about his ribs he wrapped a hairless ox-skin,
Stiff with dirt, an old lining of a shield.
And he bedded the woman who sells bread,
And the man-mad wenches,
The dirtiest of them. Utterly unclean, too, was his trade.
His neck was often in the stocks, often similarly on the wheel.
And often, too, he was beaten with rods.
And also had his head defiled and his beard plucked.
And now? And now? He steps up into the resplendent coach.
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Based on:
Based on:
Based on:
- a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Anacreon (c582BCE - c485BCE) [text unavailable]
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-16
Line count: 9
Word count: 81
