Движение

Движенья нет, сказал мудрец брадатый.
Другой смолчал и стал пред ним ходить.
Сильнее бы не мог он возразить;
Хвалили все ответ замысловатый.

Но, господа, забавный случай сей
Другой пример на память мне приводит:
Ведь каждый день пред нами солнце ходит,
Однако ж прав упрямый Галилей.

Александр Пушкин, 1825

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A bearded sage once said that there's no motion.
His silent colleague simply strolled before him, --
How could he answer better?! -- all adored him!
And praised his wise reply with great devotion.

But men, this is enchanting! -- let me interject,
For me, another grand occurrence comes to play:
The sun rotates around us every single day,
And yet, the headstrong Galileo was correct.

Андрей Кнеллер

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"There 's no motion", said a sage with beard. 
The other didn't answer, but just moved;    
And his ingenious argument was approved:  
It was convincing; though somewhat weird, 

But sharp, and to the point, and very clever.    
Yet, after all, I cast my doubts slight: 
Each day the Sun is moving, however, 
We know, stubborn Galileo is right. 

VG, 23 ноября, 2013