OPUS CONTRA NATURAM

Major Gyngyi

Az emberlet tjnak feln egy nagy sttl erdbe jutottam, mivel az igaz tat nem lelm. , szrny elbeszlni mi van ottan, s milyen e sr, ksza, vad vadon: mr rgondolva reszketek legottan. A hall sem sokkal rosszabb, tudom. De hogy megrtsd a Jt, mit ott talltam, hallanod kell, mit lttam az uton. Akkortjt olyan lmodozva jrtam: nem is tudom, hogyan kerltem arra, csak a j trl valahogy leszlltam. Halfway through the journey we are living I found myself deep in a darkened forest, For I had lost all trace of the straight path. Ah how hard it is to tell what it was like, How wild the forest was, how dense and rugged! To think of it still fills my mind with panic. So bitter it is that death is hardly worse! But to describe the good discovered there I here will tell the other things I saw. I cannot say clearly how I entered there, So drowsy with sleep had I grown at that hour When first I wandered off from the true way.

", minden kltk dicssge, dsze, ki knyved oly buzgn szereti rgen, legyen mostan kegyedben nmi rsze. Mesterem, mintakpem vagy te nkem, te vagy csupn, kitl rkbe kaptam a zengzetes szt, mely ma bszkesgem. Ltod elttem milyen szrny vad van, vdj tle hres blcs, mert szembeszllni... vrem remeg a puszta gondolatban!" "O glory and light of all other poets, May the long study and the profound love That made me search your work come to my aid! "You are my mentor and my chosen author: Alone you are the one from whom I have taken The beautiful style that has brought me honor. "Look at the beast that drove me to turn back! Rescue me from her, celebrated sage, For she causes my veins and pulse to tremble."

"Tenked msik ton kell ma jrni," felelt midn megltta, hogy sirok, "ha nem akarsz e vad helyen megllni: mert ez a szrny, kitl knnyed csorog, tjba llna, brki kzelednk, gy hogy halla lenne e birok. s oly gonosz, hogy sohse csndesednk, rossz vgynak sohsem elg a kr s evs utn csak annl hesebb mg. Ez nem kivn fldet, sem rcet enni, hanem ernyt, blcsessget, szerelmet "You are destined to take another route," He answered, seeing me reduced to tears, "If you want to be clear of this wilderness, "Because this beast that forces you to cry out Will not let anyone pass by her way But harries him until she finally kills him. "By nature she is so depraved and vicious That her greedy appetite is never filled: The more she feeds, the hungrier she grows. He shall not feast on property or pelf But on wisdom, love, and manliness,

Ernynek hlgye, kinek egy ernyed teszi, hogy fajunk fllmulja minden tartalmt az g legszkebb krnek, parancsod olyan gynyrnek tekintem, hogy itt ksnek tetszenk a ksz; szksg arrl tbbet beszlni nincsen. "O lady of virtue, through whom alone The human race surpasses all contained Within the heavens to the smallest sphere, "Your command pleases me so thoroughly That already to have done it would seem tardy: Only let me know what it is you want.

E titkos ton t a mester s n visszaindultunk vilgos vilgba; s a pihensre gondolni se ksvn, kusztunk fl, ell s n nyomba, mg a sok szpbl, melyet az g hordoz lttam egynmit, egy kis karikba: s gy jutottunk ki a csillagokhoz. Along that hidden path my guide and I Started out to return to the bright world. And without a thought for any resting-stops, We bounded up, he first and I second, Until, through a round opening, I saw Some of the lovely things the heavens hold: From there we came out to see once more the stars.

Immron jobb vizek fl evezni emel vitorlt elmm kis hajja, s szrny Tengert maga mg veszti; msodik Orszg kerl me szra, ahol kitisztul az emberi szellem s mltv lesz, hogy legyen g lakja. To race for safer waters, the small ship Of my poetic powers now hoists sail, Leaving in her wake that cruel sea. And I shall sing this second kingdom where The human spirit purifies itself, Becoming fit to mount up into heaven.

Elg, hogy e szent habokbl kirve j ember lettem, mintha j galyat hoz az j tavasz az jul nvnyre: tiszta, s rplni ksz a csillagokhoz.

From out those holiest waves I now returned, Refashioned, just as new trees are renewed With their new foliage, for I came back Pure and prepared to leap up to the stars.

A Mindent Mozgatnak glrija a Mindensgen that, s vilgol, itt hbb, ott halkabb fnyt hintvn a tjra. n jrtam, hova legtbb hull a lngbl s lttam, mit sem tud, sem bir elbeszlni, ki visszatr e magasabb vilgbl. Mert mikor vgyt kzeltve kmli, oly mlysgekbe szll az emberelme, hogy az emlk nem kpes utolrni. Mgis amennyit kincsekkel betellve a szent orszgbl szellemem megrztt, azt ma dalomnak eltrni terve. The glory of Him who sets all things in motion Cleaves through the universe, and it flames again In different places with a different force. I have been to that heaven where His light Beams brightest and seen things that none, returning, Has the knowledge or the power to repeat, Because, as it draws near to its desire, Our intellect sinks down to such a depth That memory cannot trace its way back there. Nevertheless, whatever I could treasure Up in my mind about that sacred kingdom Shall now become the subject of my song.

Miknt a mrnk, ki a krt szeretn megmrni, tpreng, hogy titkba lsson, de mr elvt hasztalan keresn: olly tett engem ez uj ltomsom tprengve tudni, hogyan egyesle kr a kppel, s hogy rad t egymson, de szrnyam ahhoz hasztalan feszle mig villm fnye trta szememet fel s g vgy ekknt teljesle. Csggedtem volna, lankadt kpzelettel, de folyton-gyors kerkknt forgatott vgyat s clt bennem a Szeretet, mely mozgat napot s minden csillagot. As the geometer who sets himself To square the circle and who cannot find, For all his thought, the principle he needs, Just so was I on seeing this new vision I wanted to see how our image fuses Into the circle and finds its place in it, Yet my wings were not meant for such a flight Except that then my mind was struck by lightning Through which my longing was at last fulfilled. Here powers failed my high imagination: But by now my desire and will were turned, Like a balanced wheel rotated evenly, By the Love that moves the sun and the other stars.