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Sam.
Gorje mu, ki v nesreči biva sam! A srečen ni, kdor srečo vživa sam! Imaš-li, brate, mnogo od nebes, od bratov ne obračaj mi očes! Duh plemeniti sam bo nosil boli, a sreče vžival sam ne bo nikoli.
Odpri srce, odpri roke,
otiraj bratovske solze,
sirotam olajšuj gorje! Kedor  pa  srečo   vživa   sam, naj  še  solze   preliva  sam!
Simon Gregorčič.
wo.  O.  o.
English Renderings, No. 52.
Simon Gregorčič (Slovene).
Simon Gregorčič, next to Prešern the most eminent Slovenian poet, was born in 18$4 in a village in Goriška. He died in Gorica in 1906.
Alone.
Alas for him who feeds his grief alone!
Nor happier he who tastes his joys alone!
Hast thou, my brother, many gifts of Heaven,
Then from thy fellows turn not thou away!
Alone the noble mind will bear ali pain,
Yet for each joy will seek some mate to gain,
Ope  wide  thine  heart,   ope   wide   thine   hand, And  seek  to  wipe   away a  brother's  tear; Aid  thou  the   orphan  in  his  pale  distress!
He who would take his cup of joy alone,
The cup of sorrovv too shall drink alone!
J. W. W.
Ljubljana, 7. Oct. 1919.


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