IT WAS A TIME
Friday, 14. July 2006, 18:05:43
IT WAS A TIME WHEN SILLY BEES
(текст, приписван на Robert, Earl of Essex)
It was a time when silly bees could speak,
And in that time I was a silly bee,
who fed a thyme until my heart 'gan break,
Of all the swarm I only did not thrive,
Yet brought I wax and honey to the hive.
Then thus I buzz'd when thyme no sap would give,
Why should this blessed thyme to me be dry
Sith by this thiyme the lazy drone doth live,
The wasp, the worm, the gnat, the butterfly.
Mated with grief, I kneeled on my knees,
And thus complain'd unto the King of bees.
"My liege, gods grant thy time may never end,
and yet vouchsafe to hear my plaint of thyme,
Which fruitless flies have found to have a friend,
And I cast down when atomies do climb",
The King replied but thus, "Peace, peevish bee.
Thou'rt bound to serve the Time, the thyme not thee!"
По този текст е и едноименната песен на John Dowland. Често коментирани са игрословиците и скрития подтекс, като вероятно става дума за сатира с политически уклон. Все пак всеки би могъл да намери свое тълкуване по въпроса, поради което ще спестя своето...
(текст, приписван на Robert, Earl of Essex)
It was a time when silly bees could speak,
And in that time I was a silly bee,
who fed a thyme until my heart 'gan break,
Of all the swarm I only did not thrive,
Yet brought I wax and honey to the hive.
Then thus I buzz'd when thyme no sap would give,
Why should this blessed thyme to me be dry
Sith by this thiyme the lazy drone doth live,
The wasp, the worm, the gnat, the butterfly.
Mated with grief, I kneeled on my knees,
And thus complain'd unto the King of bees.
"My liege, gods grant thy time may never end,
and yet vouchsafe to hear my plaint of thyme,
Which fruitless flies have found to have a friend,
And I cast down when atomies do climb",
The King replied but thus, "Peace, peevish bee.
Thou'rt bound to serve the Time, the thyme not thee!"
По този текст е и едноименната песен на John Dowland. Често коментирани са игрословиците и скрития подтекс, като вероятно става дума за сатира с политически уклон. Все пак всеки би могъл да намери свое тълкуване по въпроса, поради което ще спестя своето...
