Soledad.
Solitude, Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919)
Rie, y el mundo rie contigo:
Llora, y llorarás solo.
Lo que la triste vieja tierra debe prestar es alegría
Pero ella misma tiene suficientes problemas.
Canta, y las colinas te contestarán;
Suspira, y se perderá en el aire.
Los ecos rebotan en un alegre sonido,
Pero se encogen sin considerar la voz.
Alégrate, y los hombres te buscarán:
Aflígete, y ellos darán la vuelta y se irán.
Ellos quieren por completo tu placer entero,
Pero no necesitan tu infortunio.
Muéstrate feliz y muchos serán tus amigos;
Muéstrate triste y los perderás a todos.
No hay nadie que decline tu néctar de vino,
Pero debes beber la hiel de la vida en soledad.
Festeja, y tus salones estarán repletos,
Ayuna, y el mundo te ignorará.
Ten éxito y da, y eso te ayuda a vivir,
Pero nadie puede ayudarte a morir.
Hay espacio en los salones del placer
Para un largo y digno tren,
Pero uno por uno todos tenemos que desfilar
Por los estrechos pasillos del dolor.
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air.
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go.
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all.
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life's gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a long and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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