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Mikołaj Sęp Szarzyński - SONG II - ON DIVINE ORDER IN THE WORLD
SONG II
ON DIVINE ORDER IN THE WORLD
O Wisdom everlasting, God without end,
Who to all giveth motion, tho ever unmoved;
Vast hosts of Angels Thy law doth contain,
That their desires to Thy will be bound.
For errant spheres Thou hath set paths
Whereon, disputing in concert, they stray not;
The arc of Titan plots for us the stars,
And Cynthia's brow at times taketh horns;
Elements under heaven in accord must endure;
Simple Thou gavst nature so praised a law
From Thine own will eternal it departs not:
In goodness' law and good will Thou dost abide.
Dust of Thy footstool, why have we freedom
To abandon Thy statutes, wherein life we'd know,
Proceeding to what commits mortal offence?
Thou gavst reason - why's fortune bom unto us?
Away with awesome thunder, remove all toils
That inform us 'tis our harmony Thou seekest;
And firm our free will whose use we know not:
Serving Thee in sacred homeland we'd forever prefer.
Translated by Richard Sokoloski
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