Стивен Крейн If you would seek a friend among men

Если бы друга искал средь людей,
Помни: свой они хвалят товар.
Если бы бога просил у людей,
Помни: свой они хвалят товар.
Если взыскуешь ты благ от людей,
Помни: свой они хвалят товар.
Если проклятье бы им даровал,
Помни: свой они хвалят товар.
Хвалят товар свой... 
Хвалят товар... 
Если стремишься к вниманью людей,
Помни:
Им помогай иль мешай им хвалить свой товар.





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If you would seek a friend among men by Stephen Crane

If you would seek a friend among men
Remember: they are crying their wares
If you would ask of heaven of men
Remember: they are crying their wares
If you seek the welfare of men
Remember: they are crying their wares
If you would bestow a curse upon men
Remember: they are crying their wares
Crying their wares
Crying their wares
If you seek the attention of men
Remember:
Help them or hinder them as they cry their wares.