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الثلاثاء كانون الثاني 29, 2008 11:28 م
THE LIE
by: Sir Walter Raleigh
Go, Soul, the body's guest,
Upon a thankless arrant!
Fear not to touch the best;
The truth shall be thy warrant:
Go, since I needs must die,
And give the world the lie.
Say to the court it glows
And shines like rotten wood;
Say to the church it shows
What's good, and doth no good:
If court and church reply,
Then give them both the lie.
Tell potentates they live
Acting by others' action,
Not loved unless they give,
Not strong but by a faction.
If potentates reply,
Give potentates the lie.
Tell men of high condition
That manage the estate,
Their purpose is ambition,
Their practice only hate:
And if they make reply,
Then give them all the lie.
Tell them that brave it most,
They beg for more by spending,
Who, in their greatest cost,
Seek nothing but commending:
And if they make reply,
Then give them all the lie.
Tell zeal it wants devotion;
Tell love it is but lust;
Tell time it is but motion;
Tell flesh it is but dust:
And wish them not reply,
For thou must give the lie.
Tell age it daily wasteth;
Tell honor how it alters;
Tell beauty how she blasteth;
Tell favor how she falters:
And as they shall reply,
Give every one the lie.
Tell wit how much it wrangles
In tickle points of niceness;
Tell wisdom she entangles
Herself in over-wiseness:
And when they do reply,
Straight give them both the lie.
Tell physic of her boldness;
Tell skill it is pretension;
Tell charity of coldness;
Tell law it is contention:
And as they do reply,
So give them still the lie.
Tell fortune of her blindness;
Tell nature of decay;
Tell friendship of unkindness;
Tell justice of delay:
And if they will reply,
Then give them all the lie.
Tell arts they have no soundness,
But vary by esteeming;
Tell schools they want profoundness,
And stand too much on seeming:
If arts and school reply,
Give arts and school the lie.
Tell faith it fled the city;
Tell how the country erreth;
Tell manhood shakes off pity;
Tell virtue least preferreth:
And if they do reply,
Spare not to give the lie.
So when thou hast, as I
Commanded thee, done blabbing,--
Although to give the lie
Deserves no less than stabbing,--
Stab at thee, he that will,
No stab the soul can kill.
آخر تعديل بواسطة
Odysseus في الأربعاء تشرين الثاني 18, 2009 12:45 ص، عدل 4 مرات
الجمعة شباط 01, 2008 8:20 م
الجمعة تشرين الثاني 13, 2009 2:37 م
سيرين,
بس رح أقراها كتير منيح و بعدها رح أرجع
كتير حلو .. و تبقا عطينا رأيك فيها .. بصراحة بحب كتير هالقصيدة .. و هي من قصائدي المفضلة ..
نورتي سيرين
الاثنين تشرين الثاني 23, 2009 4:10 م
شكرا على هذه القصيدة وننتظر المزيد وتقبل مروري
الاثنين تشرين الثاني 23, 2009 11:52 م
Mokhlef,
أشكر لك مرورك .. و أتمنى أن تكون القصيدة قد أثارت بعض التساؤلات في ذهنك أو ذهن القرَاء الآخرين الكرام
الأحد تشرين الثاني 21, 2010 8:42 م
very nice
السبت آذار 26, 2011 8:17 م
Odysseus,
It is wonderful poem
Yes, all our life just a lie
It is true
Thank you very much
الاثنين نيسان 04, 2011 12:51 ص
huda
rehab
شكرا لمرورك الطيب أخت رحاب .. القصيدة مميزة جدا و بتستحق بوقف منيح عند كل مقطع منا .. أحيانا كل سطر بيحوي فكرة .. ممكن كتيرين يوافقو عليها و ممن يعترضو و يخالفو الشاعر الراي