Гимн 57. О том, что смерть касается и более крепких по природе 372 .

I heard amazing news: Nature is immaterial, stronger than stone, Equal to the (so) called adamant, succumbed. He who was not tamed by either fire or iron, It became wax, having been woven with lead 373. Now I believe that a small drop of water From time to time the strength of the stone is chiseled away; And truly (there is) nothing constant in life. Let no one from here think that I am deceiving. Woe to the one who looks at the fleeting (blessings) of this life, As if he were restrained, and delights in them; He will be convinced that I am also unhappy. The night separated me from my sweetest brother, Interrupting the undivided light of (our) love. This hymn is taken from P. r. where it is placed as the 10th word. It is also known under the same number in l. n. In Greek. publication of creative work Rev. Simeon NB. both this and the other three hymns are missing; their original text has not yet been published. This hymn was written by Rev. Simeon, obviously, regarding the sudden death of one of the people close and dear to him. ἐμπλεχθεὶς τῷ μολίβόῳ - here, of course, obviously, some kind of death through lead. You might be interested in: