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ψυχὴν μὲν γράψαι χαλεπόν, μορφὴν δὲ χαράξαι
ῥᾴδιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ τοὔμπαλιν ἀμφότερον.
τῆς μὲν γὰρ ψυχῆς τὸ διάστροφον ἔξω ἄγουσα
ἐν τοῖς φαινομένοις ἡ Φύσις εἰργάσατο:τὸν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς μορφῆς θόρυβον καὶ σώματος ὕβριν
— Paton edition
πῶς ἄν τις γράψαι, μηδ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν ἐθέλων;
Peindre l'âme est ardu; dessiner une forme, c'est plus simple. Or, chez toi, pour l'un et l'autre, c'est juste le contraire. Car, à la difformité de ton âme, en l'extériorisant, la Nature a conféré des formes sensibles. Mais, l'incohérence de ton apparence, l'insolence de ton physique, comment pourrait-on les peindre? On ne peut même pas les regarder!
— R. Aubreton
To paint the soul is difficult, to sketch the outward
— Paton edition
shape is easy, but in your case both are just the
opposite. For Nature, bringing outside the perver-
sity of your soul, has wrought so that it is a visible
object ; but as for the tumult of your person and the
offensiveness of your body, how could one paint it
when one does not even wish to look on it ?
To paint the soul is difficult, to sketch the outward
— Paton edition
shape is easy, but in your case both are just the
opposite. For Nature, bringing outside the perver-
sity of your soul, has wrought so that it is a visible
object ; but as for the tumult of your person and the
offensiveness of your body, how could one paint it
when one does not even wish to look on it ?
Peindre l'âme est ardu; dessiner une forme, c'est plus simple. Or, chez toi, pour l'un et l'autre, c'est juste le contraire. Car, à la difformité de ton âme, en l'extériorisant, la Nature a conféré des formes sensibles. Mais, l'incohérence de ton apparence, l'insolence de ton physique, comment pourrait-on les peindre? On ne peut même pas les regarder!
— R. Aubreton
ψυχὴν μὲν γράψαι χαλεπόν, μορφὴν δὲ χαράξαι
ῥᾴδιον ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ σοὶ τοὔμπαλιν ἀμφότερον.
τῆς μὲν γὰρ ψυχῆς τὸ διάστροφον ἔξω ἄγουσα
ἐν τοῖς φαινομένοις ἡ Φύσις εἰργάσατο:τὸν δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς μορφῆς θόρυβον καὶ σώματος ὕβριν
— Paton edition
πῶς ἄν τις γράψαι, μηδ᾽ ἐσιδεῖν ἐθέλων;
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