Ofélia (Slovak)
Ofélia, už trochu unavená, s drobnými vráskami okolo úst a pekných očí, s dieťaťom, bytom a manželom, rezignovaná, možno šťastná - iba niekedy, nie často ešte si spomenie, ako mladučká, v bielych závojoch, snehovo krásna plávala v dlhých vodách, mŕtva. Publisher | Malinovského 96. Slovenský spisovateľ 1985 |
Source of the quotation | Ophelia (John Everett Millais 1851/52, Tate Britain, London) |
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Ophelia (English)
Ophelia, already a trifle weary,
with tiny wrinkles around her mouth
and lovely eyes,
with a kid, flat and husband,
resigned, perhaps
happy –
at times, not often
she can still recall herself as a maiden
in white veils,
Snowily lovely,
floating in the long waters,
dead.
Source of the quotation | One Hundred Years of Slovak Literature |
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