Pajtás, úgy fest, alulmaradtál
A Tétel és Törvény szerint -
Dögödre már hiéna szaglász
S a varjú éhesen kering.
Nem is a falka volt erősebb
Apró vadak tángáltak el -
S hogy írhádon ki osztozik most
Véreb? Veréb? Nem érdekel.
Öklöd, mikor lecsapni kellett
Mindig megállt a féluton -
Jóság volt? Gyöngeség? Nem értem.
Félsz? Gőg? Szemérem? Nem tudom.
Talán csak undor. Jól van így is.
Megnyugszom. Ámen. Úgy legyen.
Inkább egyenek meg a férgek
Minthogy a férget megegyem.
Brother, it seems, you have been beaten.
As Law decrees and Precept goes -
Your corpse is sniffed round by hyenas
And circled by the hungry crows.
As Law decrees and Precept goes -
Your corpse is sniffed round by hyenas
And circled by the hungry crows.
It's not the pack who were the stronger,
Smaller beasts beat you to tatters -
And who fights now over your carcass:
Jackdaw? Jackal? Hardly matters.
Smaller beasts beat you to tatters -
And who fights now over your carcass:
Jackdaw? Jackal? Hardly matters.
Your fist when it was time to use it
Always stopped halfway in the air -
Was it charity? Weakness? May be.
Fear? Pride? Modesty? I don't care.
Always stopped halfway in the air -
Was it charity? Weakness? May be.
Fear? Pride? Modesty? I don't care.
Or mere disgust, perhaps. So be it.
Good. Amen. I accept the terms.
I prefer that worms should eat me
Rather than I should feed on worms.
Good. Amen. I accept the terms.
I prefer that worms should eat me
Rather than I should feed on worms.
Translated by Peter Zollman
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