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Envy Not Your Friend

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by: Ilya Shambat - Sun, 3 Jul 2022 01:04 UTC

Envy not your friend if he's more handsome,
More intelligent or wealthier than you.
Let his merits and let his successes
Not tear up the laces on your shoe.

Move along your way without a care,
Smile still broader out of his success!
Maybe he'll face darkness and despair
And your porch will be adorned with bliss!

Laugh with him, and cry with his distresses:
Feel him with your heart, and for all time!
Do not block your friend from his successes:
It's a sin to do so! Truly, it's a crime!

By Igor Severyanin
Translated from Russian by Ilya Shambat

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Subject: Re: Envy Not Your Friend
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by: NancyGene - Sun, 3 Jul 2022 12:31 UTC

On Sunday, July 3, 2022 at 1:05:00 AM UTC, ibsh...@gmail.com wrote:
> Envy not your friend if he's more handsome,
> More intelligent or wealthier than you.
> Let his merits and let his successes
> Not tear up the laces on your shoe.
>
> Move along your way without a care,
> Smile still broader out of his success!
> Maybe he'll face darkness and despair
> And your porch will be adorned with bliss!
>
> Laugh with him, and cry with his distresses:
> Feel him with your heart, and for all time!
> Do not block your friend from his successes:
> It's a sin to do so! Truly, it's a crime!
>
>
> By Igor Severyanin
> Translated from Russian by Ilya Shambat
Ibish seems to have changed the meaning of Mr. Severyanin's poem in his translation:

Don't envy your friend...
translated by Google
Do not envy a friend if a friend is richer
If he is more beautiful, if he is smarter.
May his prosperity, may his good luck
Your sandals won't wear out the straps...
Move faster on your path
Smile wider from his luck:
Maybe bliss is on your doorstep
And he, perhaps, is waiting for need and crying.
Weep his tears! laugh out loud!
Feel with full heart far and wide!
Do not prevent a friend from rejoicing in success:
This is a crime! This is an overkill!

Игорь Северянин
Не завидуй другу...
Не завидуй другу, если друг богаче,
Если он красивей, если он умней.
Пусть его достатки, пусть его удачи
У твоих сандалий не сотрут ремней…
Двигайся бодрее по своей дороге,
Улыбайся шире от его удач:
Может быть, блаженство — на твоём пороге,
А его, быть может, ждут нужда и плач.
Плачь его слезою! смейся шумным смехом!
Чувствуй полным сердцем вдоль и поперёк!
Не препятствуй другу ликовать успехом:
Это — преступленье! Это — сверхпорок!

Subject	Author
Envy Not Your Friend	Ilya Shambat
Re: Envy Not Your Friend	NancyGene