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Nothing can beat this marvellous translation of Pangur Ban
Pangur Bán From the ninth-century Irish poem Pangur Bán and I at work, Adepts, equals, cat and clerk: His whole instinct is to hunt, Mine to free the meaning pent. More than loud acclaim, I love Books, silence, thought, my alcove. Happy for me, Pangur Bán Child-plays round some mouse's den. Truth to tell, just ...
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October 9, 2009