"Like a sea between them, death is only for friends: they live in each other even then. Everything must be here, who lives and loves in it, what is present everywhere. A heavenly mirror that sees you face to face, each other freely and without sin. This gives a friend relief, even if everything is transient, the friend and the companion, the purest bond between them, is still eternal, because it is immortal.
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Author
William PennAll Translations
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Like a sea between them, death is only for friends: they live in each other even then. Everything must be here, who lives and loves in it, what is present everywhere. A heavenly mirror that sees you face to face, each other freely and without sin. This gives a friend relief, even if everything is transient, the friend and the companion, the purest bond between them, is still eternal, because it is immortal.
""Mint tenger köztük, annyi csak barátoknak a halál: egymásban élnek akkor is. Hisz` mind itt kell legyen, ki abban él s szeret, mi mindenütt jelen. Mennyei tükör, mely színről színre láttat, szabadon egymást s bűntelen. Ez nyújt barátnak enyhet, legyen bár múlandó mind, a barát s a társ, köztük a legtisztább kötelék mégis örök, mert halhatatlan."