Nature
The God’s world is so far and wide
Translated by Joseph Štýbr (1920) · From Evening Songs (Večerní písně), trans. Štýbr (1920)
Nature
The God’s world is so far and wide
And goodness in small measure;
By thousands one can count the pains
And very little pleasure.
The heart is ready to redeem
With hundred pains one pleasure—
And the same heart, O God, for love
Will suffer past all measure.
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MLA
Hálek, Vítězslav. “The God’s world is so far and wide.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/48/.
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Hálek, Vítězslav. “The God’s world is so far and wide.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/48/.
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