N. Tenigina

N. TENIGINA: "If You Serve..."

"If You Serve..."

(From Omar Khayyam)

If you serve to all men – you’ll be loved by all men,
And the best, faithful friend you’ll become for them then.
It is better to call for an ant to your house,
Than to be a best guest of the king Solomon.


Translated by Yevgeny Bonver, February, 2003

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