Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition
"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth."
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"I think I could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self-contain’d, I stand and look at them long and long. They do not sweat and whine about their condition, They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins, They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with the mania of owning things, Not one kneels to another, nor to his kind that lived thousands of years ago, Not one is respectable or unhappy over the whole earth."
"أظنني أستطيع أن أتحول وأعيش مع الحيوانات، فهي هادئة ومكتفية بذاتها إلى هذا الحد، أقف وأتأملها طويلاً طويلاً. إنها لا تتصبب عرقاً ولا تئن بشأن حالتها، ولا تسهر في الظلام تبكي على خطاياها، ولا تُمرضني بمناقشة واجبها تجاه الله، ليس فيها من هو ساخط، وليس فيها من هو مجنون بهوس امتلاك الأشياء، لا أحد يركع لآخر، ولا لجنسه الذي عاش منذ آلاف السنين، ليس فيها من هو محترم أو تعيس على وجه الأرض كلها."
Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass: The Death-Bed Edition
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