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Poem #94

Epitaphium Ioannis Dantisci 2
written 1548 first edition 1679

Early printed source materials:
1HARTKNOCH 1679 No. II, p. 219 (in extenso)
2KRETZMER p. 109-110 (in extenso)
3TRETER p. 109-110 (in extenso)
4HARTKNOCH 1686 No. II, p. 157 (in extenso)
5CHARITIUS 1715 No. 2, p. 35-36 (in extenso)
6DANTISCUS 1764 (Aliud eiusdem) p. 178 (in extenso)

Prints:
1HIPLER 1878 p. 316 (German translation)
2DANTISCUS 1938 (Nagrobek sobie samemu) No. 25. 2, p. 212-213 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
3Dantisci Carmina (Epitaphia Ioannis Dantisci) No. 50. 2, p. 302
4Najstarsza (Nagrobek sobie samemu) p. 111 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
5Antologia 1985 (Epitafia Jana Dantyszka) No. 2, p. 239-240 (Polish translation, Edwin JĘDRKIEWICZ)
6DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Epitaphia Ioannis Dantisci / Epitafia Jana Dantyszka) No. 2, p. 134-135 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)
7OESTERREICH p. 79-80 (Polish translation, Julian WOJTKOWSKI)

 

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Terra tegat carnem; sit vermibus illius esca,
In cineres abeat, quod fuit ante cinis!
Ad te, summe Deus, contendit spiritus, illum
Reddo tibi; redeat, venerat unde prius!
Ambitio, spes, cura, labor, luxus, dolor et mens,
Rebus in humanis irrequieta, vale!
Solvor ab his in bis dena trieteride et una
Illecebris, durus quae mihi carcer erant.
Vivimus incerti; postquam procul esse putabis
Et minime reris fata venire solent.
Tu, qui securus vis vivere, mortuus esto
Mundo et in hoc dubio turbine vive Deo!