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看到一首很老很老的詩，窮人的優越，一個秘魯詩人的作品。讀過笑過以後，不禁思襯，今天的世界對窮人的態度又改變了多少?
Juan del Valle y Caviedes (1652-1695?)
Peruvian poet.
The poor man is stupid if silent;
and if he speaks, he is an idiot;
if he shows knowledge, he is a chatterer;
and if he is affable, he is a liar;
if he is polite, he is a meddler;
when he doesn't suffer, arrogant;
cowardly when he is humble;
and crazy when he is resolute;
if brave, he is reckless;
conceited, if he is modest;
flattering, if compliant;
and if he begs pardon, coarse';
if he pretends, he is cheeky;
if he is deserving, he gets no appreciation;
his nobility is unseen, and his best clothes, unclean;
if he works, he is greedy, and at the opposite extreme
a lost soul if he rests . . .
Behold! Are these not privileges?
Translated by Mary Gallwey |
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