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Poem #37

Servitus inanis
written 1523-1529 first edition 1533

Early printed source materials:
1Encomium (in extenso)
2JANOCKI 1753 p. 76 (in extenso)
3DANTISCUS 1764 (Epigramma aliud) p. 163 (in extenso)
4MINASOWICZ II, No. 7, p. 145 (excerpt, l. 1-2; Polish translation)

Prints:
1WISZNIEWSKI 1844 p. 248 (in extenso)
2KONDRATOWICZ 1872 (Epigramat na rodzinę Zygmunta I.) No. 3, p. 339 (Polish translation, Władysław SYROKOMLA)
3KONDRATOWICZ 1875 p. 278 (Polish translation, Władysław SYROKOMLA)
4DANTISCUS 1938 (Epigramy) No. 21. 5, p. 199-200 (Polish translation, Jan Michał HARHALA)
5Dantisci Carmina (Servitus inanis) No. 31, p. 138-139 (in extenso)
6Najstarsza (Marna służba) p. 109-110 (Polish translation, L. KONDRATOWICZ)
7DANTISCUS 1973, 1987 (Servitus inanis / Daremna służba) p. 80-81 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)
8Antologia 1996 (Servitus inanis / Daremna służba) No. 6, p. 146-147 (in extenso; Polish translation, Anna KAMIEŃSKA)

 

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Qui servit pueri, senis et mulieris in aula,
A tribus his raro praemia digna feret.
In puero ratio non est; cum crevit, adultus
Praeteriti officii non solet esse memor.
Vita senis brevis est; delirat avarus, ab illo
Non aliud meritum spes nisi vana datur.
Est ingrata potens mulier; si mille per annos
Servieris, subito mota furore nocet.
Qui sapies igitur, tribus his servire caveto!
Sic poteris vita liberiore frui.