ቆም በል ላንድ አፍታ/ Just a Moment

Du kannst dich zurückhalten von den Leiden der Welt, das ist dir freigestellt und entspricht deiner Natur, aber vielleicht ist gerade dieses Zurückhalten das einzige Leid, das du vermeiden könntest.

You can withdrawn from the sufferings of the world — that possibility is open to you and accords with your nature — but perhaps that withdrawal is the only suffering you might be able to avoid. [Hofmann]

የለውጥ ምስጢር ያለ የሌለ ሀይልን አሮጌውን በመታገል ሳይሆን አዲሱን በመገንባት ላይ ማተኮር ነው! (ሶክራተስ)

The Secret of Change Is to Focus All of Your Energy, Not on Fighting the Old, But on Building the New (Socrates)

Zurau Aphorisms (Kafka)

Number Two

Alle menschlichen Fehler sind Ungeduld, ein vorzeitiges Abbrechen des Methodischen, ein scheinbares Einpfählen der scheinbaren Sache.

All human errors are impatience, the premature breaking off of what is methodical, an apparent fencing in of the apparent thing. [Kaiser/Wilkins]

All human errors stem from impatience, a premature breaking off of a methodical approach, an ostensible pinning down of an ostensible object. [Hofmann]

የሰው ልጅ ስህተቶች ሁሉ የሚመጡት፣ በትዕግስት፥የለሽነት ነው፤ ግልጽ የሆነውን ጉዳይ ለማጥመድ፣ ዘዴና ብልሃቱን ቸኩሎ በማቋረጥ !
(ካፍካ/ Kafka)

Number Three

Es gibt zwei menschliche Hauptsünden, aus welchen sich alle andern ableiten: Ungeduld und Lässigkeit. Wegen der Ungeduld sind sie aus dem Paradiese vertrieben worden, wegen der Lässigkeit kehren sie nicht zurück. Vielleicht aber gibt es nur eine Hauptsünde: die Ungeduld. Wegen der Ungeduld sind sie vertrieben worden, wegen der Ungeduld kehren sie nicht zurück.

There are two main human sins, from which all the others derive: impatience and indolence. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from paradise; it is because of indolence that they do not return. Yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return. [Kaiser/Wilkins]

There are two cardinal human vices, from which all the others derive their being: impatience and carelessness. Impatience got people evicted from Paradise; carelessness kept them from making their way back there. Or perhaps there is only one cardinal vice: impatience. Impatience got people evicted, and impatience kept them from making their way back. [Hofmann]

የሰው ልጅ፣ የሁሉም ችግሮች መዘዝ የሆኑ፥ ሁለት መሰረታዊ ሃጢያቶች አሉት። ትዕግስት ማጣትና ንዝህላልነት። በትግስት የለሽነት፣ ከገነት ተባረረ፤ በንዝህላልነት እንደገና ወደ ገነት መመለስ ተሳነው! ከሁሉም በላይ ግን ዋነኛው ሓጢዓት ምናልባትም ትዕግስት ዓልባነቱ ሳይሆን አይቀርም። በትዕግስት የለሽነት ከገነት ተባረረ፣ በትዕግስት ማጣት ወደ ገነት መመለስ አቃተው። (ካፍካ/ Kafka)

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On Kafka’s Aphorisms

ክዚህ ዓለም ስቃዮች ሁሉ ለመቆጠብ ከፈልግህ መብትህ ነው፣ ከተፈጥሮህም ጋር ይሄዳል፤ ይሁን እንጂ ከስቃዮች ሁሉ ልታመልጠው የምትችለው ስቃይ ደግሞ ይኽው መቆጠብ የሚባለውን ነገር ብቻ መሆኑን ማን በነገረህ! (ካፍካ/Kafka 103)