Prayers and hymns Marcus Aurelius
“I love as thou lovest”
Meditations 10.21
Historical translation
George W. Chrystal, 1902
“Earth loves the rain;” “and the majestic Ether loves.” The Universe loves to bring about whatever is coming to be. I then will say to the Universe: “What thou lovest I love.” Is it not a common saying that, “so-and-so loves to happen?”
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Greek
The ancient words
ʽἘρᾷ μὲν ὄμβρου γαῖα, ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ σεμνὸς αἰθήρ,ʼ ἐρᾷ δὲ ὁ κόσμος ποιῆσαι ὃ ἂν μέλλῃ γίνεσθαι. λέγω οὖν τῷ κόσμῳ ὅτι σοὶ συνερῶ. μήτι δὲ οὕτω κἀκεῖνο λέγεται, ὅτι· φιλεῖ τοῦτο γίνεσθαι;
Literal English
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“The earth loves the rain; the august upper air loves it too.” And the ordered world loves to make whatever is going to come to be. So I say to the ordered world: I love together with you. Is this not also what people mean when they say that a thing “loves” to happen?
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