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The tone of this comment reminded me of an old sketch from the British sitcom "Goodness Gracious Me", with the Indian patriarch outrageously claiming everything
by toyg 3y ago
The tone of this comment reminded me of an old sketch from the British sitcom "Goodness Gracious Me", with the Indian patriarch outrageously claiming everything was invented in India (”Superman? INDIAN!”): https://youtu.be/4GC_Q2YKNR0?si=vzA-zAGcde6HZyzv https://youtu.be/4GC_Q2YKNR0?si=vzA-zAGcde6HZyzv
More seriously, it's a theme as old as mankind. For example, Ugo Foscolo in "Dei sepolcri" (1806):
"Non vive ei forse anche sotterra, quando
Gli sarà muta l’armonia del giorno,
Se può destarla con soavi cure
Nella mente de’ suoi
[...]
Sol chi non lascia eredità d'affetti
Poca gioia ha dell’urna; e se pur mira
Dopo l’esequie, errar vede il suo spirto
Fra ’l compianto de’ templi Acherontei,
O ricovrarsi sotto le grandi ale
Del perdono d’lddio: ma la sua polve
Lascia alle ortiche di deserta gleba
Ove nè donna innamorata preghi,
Nè passeggier solingo oda il sospiro
Che dal tumulo a noi manda Natura"
- Loeffelmann 3y agoChatGPT translation: Does he not perhaps also live underground when The day's harmony will be mute to him, If he can awaken it with gentle care In the minds of his [own] [...] Only he who leaves no legacy of affections Has little joy of the urn; and if he looks After the funeral, he sees his spirit Wander amidst Acheron's lamented temples, Or seeks shelter under the vast wings Of God's forgiveness: but his dust Leaves to the nettles of deserted soil Where neither the enamored woman prays, Nor the solitary passer-by hears the sigh That Nature sends to us from the tomb.
- toyg 3y agoThat's a pretty good translation.
- the-dude 3y agoI am not Jewish btw. Nor is Walter.