THE QUIET LIFE

ဒီကဗျာလေးတွေကို သေသေချာချာ ကျက်မှတ်ထားမယ်ဆိုရင် အနည်းဆုံး (၅)မှတ်ကနေ (၇)မှတ်အထိ သေချာတာကြောင့် ဒီနှစ်မှ တက္ကသိုလ်ဝင်တန်းတက်မယ့်မောင်ငယ်ညီမငယ်လေးများသာမက၊ အင်္ဂလိပ်စာလေ့လာလိုသူများအတွက်ပါ အကျိုးရှိစေမယ်လို့ ယုံကြည်ပါတယ်။

မူရင်းဖန်တီးသူများအားလုံးကိုလည်း မောင်ငယ်ညီမငယ်လေးတွေကိုယ်စား ကျေးဇူးအထူးပါနော်။ Credit ပေးပါတယ်။

THE QUIET LIFE

Happy the man, whose wish and care

A few paternal acres bound,

Content to breath his native air

In his own ground.

Whose herds with milks, whose fields with bread,

Whose flocks supply him with attire;

Whose trees in summer yield him shade,

In winter, fire.

Blest, who can unconcern’dly find

Hours, days and years, slide soft away

In health of body, peace of mind

Quiet by day.

Sound sleep by night, study and ease

Together mix’d; sweet recreation,

And innocence, which most does please

With meditation.

Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;

Thus unlamented let me die;

Steal from the world, and not a stone

Tell where I lie.

[A.POPE]

Words and Phrases for Paraphrasing THE QUITE LIFE
wish = desire = လိုအင်ဆန္ဒ။ bound = limit=ကန့်သတ်သည်။
care = worry = သောက၊ စိုးရိမ်ကြောင့်ကြမှု။
ground = land = မြေ။ fire = firewood = ထင်း။
un'concern'dly = without worrying = စိုးရိမ်မှုမရှိဘဲ
happy is he = he is happy peace = quite = ငြိမ်ဆိတ်ခြင်း။
quite =quitely =တိတ်ဆိတ်စွာ။ soft = softly = နူးညံ့ပျော့ပျောင်းစွာ
ease = recreation = အလုပ်မှနားခြင်း၊ အပန်းဖြေခြင်း။
study = work = အလုပ်။ stone = tombstone = သင်္ချိုင်းကမ္ဗည်းတိုင်။
please with = agree with = သင့်သော၊ ကျေနပ်သော

The meaning of the poem

1.Happy the man, whose wish and care
A few paternal acres bound,
These lines mean that a happy man is one whose wants are few and simple and this kind of man is contented with a few acres of land he has inherited from his father.

2.Content to breath his native air
In his own ground.
These lines mean that a happy man is one who is contented to work and live on his own land.

3.Whose herds with milks, whose fields with bread,
Whose flocks supply him with attire;
These lines mean that his herds of cattle give him milk to drink, his field wheat given him the flour he need to bake his bread to eat and his flocks of sheep supply him with the wool he needs to weave the cloth for his clothes.

4.Whose trees in summer yield him shade,
In winter, fire.
These lines mean that his trees give him shade in summer when it is hot and give him firewood in winter, for warmth and heat.

5. Blest, who can unconcern’dly find
Hours, days and years, slide soft away
These lines mean that the mand who can find time passing away slowly and peacefully without any concern, in healthy of body and peace of mind in happy man.

6.In health of body, peace of mind
Quiet by day.
These lines mean that a happy man enjoys health of body and peace of mind and his days are quiet and peaceful.

7.Sound sleep by night, study and ease
Together mix’d; sweet recreation,
These lines mean that the mand who has health of body and peace of mind can sleep soundly at night. He spends his time working resting. He also enjoys his leisure pleasantly and simply in any way he likes.

8.Thus let me live, unseen, unknown;
Thus unlamented let me die;
These lines mean that the poet wants to live alone and unknown and when he dies, he does not want anyone to feel sand for him.

9.Steal from the world, and not a stone
Tell where I lie.
These lines mean that the poet wants to leave this life quietly and he des not want any tombstone to mark the place where he will be buried.

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