Monday, 8 January 2024

Life's Essentials

From Andrés Fernándes de Andrada's (1575-1648) ‘Epístola moral a Fabio’:

   Un ángulo me basta entre mis lares,
un libro y un amigo, un sueño breve,
que no perturben deudas ni pesares. (127-129)

For me a small nook in my ancestral home, a book, a friend and a short rest undisturbed by debts or regrets are sufficient.
Andrés Fernández de Andrada, Epístola moral a Fabio y otros escritos, ed. by  Dámaso Alonso (Barcelona: Crítica, 1993), pp. 80-81. My translation.
Carl Spitzweg - the Poor Poet (Neue Pinakothek)

Carl Spitzweg - the Poor Poet (Neue Pinakothek)