The study in aesthetics (English)
The very small children in patched clothing, Being smitten with an unusual wisdom, Stopped in their play as she passed them And cried up from their cobbles: Guarda! Ahi, guarda! ch'ebe'a!
But three years after this I heard the young Dante, whose last name I do not know- For there are, in Sirmione, twenty-eight young Dantes and thirty-four Catulli; And there had been a great catch of sardines, And his elders Were packing them in the great wooden boxes For the market in Brescia, and he Leapt about, snatching at the bright fish And getting in both of their ways; And in vain they commanded him to sta fermo! And when they would not let him arrange The fish in the boxes, He stroked those which were already arranged, Murmuring for his own satisfaction This identical phrase: Ch'e be'a.
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El estudio en estética (Spanish)
Los niños muy pequeños con ropa remendada, atacados de una inusual sabiduría, dejaron de jugar cuando ella pasó por el lado y gritaron desde sus adoquines: Guarda! Ahi, guarda! ch'e be'a!
Pero tres años después oí al joven Dante, cuyo apellido no sé porque hay, en Sirminione, veintiocho jóvenes Dante y treinta y cuatro Catulo; habían realizado una gran pesca de sardinas, y los mayores las estaban empacando en grandes cajas de madera para el mercado de Brescia, y él dio un salto, tratando de agarrar los pescados brillantes y tomándolos de ambos extremos; y en vano le ordenaron: sta fermo! y como no lo dejaron arreglar los pescados en los cajones, acarició los que ya estaban arreglados, murmurando para satisfacción propia esta idéntica frase: Ch'e be'a.
Y ante eso me sentí ligeramente desconcertado.
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