Bisan tuod dili nimo mahan-ay ang imong kinabuhi sigon sa imong gusto,
sa labing menos, panlimbasog kutob sa imong mahimo
nga dili maangin ang kabililhon niini
sa naghingaping pakiglambigit sa kalibotan,
sa nanghingaping buluhaton ug kukabildo.
Ayaw kini pasipad-i pinaagi sa pagguyod-guyod niini,
pag-isa-isa niini sa tanang mga adtoanan ug pagpasundayag niini
sa inadlawng kinuwanggol
sa mga tigom ug kasaulogan sa katilingban
hangtod nga mora na lang hinuon kinig usa ka bwisit nga kuyog-baboy.
(gikan sa Iningles ni Edmund Keeley ug Philip Sherrard
sa orihinal nga Griyego ni C. P. Cavafy)
-- VICENTE VIVENCIO BANDILLO
Koror, Palau
As Much As You Can The Canon
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And if you can’t shape your life the way you want,
at least try as much as you can
not to degrade it
by too much contact with the world,
by too much activity and talk.
Try not to degrade it by dragging it along,
taking it around and exposing it so often
to the daily silliness
of social events and parties,
until it comes to seem a boring hanger-on.
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Κι αν δεν μπορείς να κάμεις την ζωή σου όπως την θέλεις,
τούτο προσπάθησε τουλάχιστον
όσο μπορείς: μην την εξευτελίζεις
μες στην πολλή συνάφεια του κόσμου,
μες στες πολλές κινήσεις κι ομιλίες.
Μην την εξευτελίζεις πηαίνοντάς την,
γυρίζοντας συχνά κ’ εκθέτοντάς την
στων σχέσεων και των συναναστροφών
την καθημερινήν ανοησία,
ώς που να γίνει σα μια ξένη φορτική.