[B-Greek] Could someone help me with this very short sentence?

Dr. Don Wilkins drdwilkins at sbcglobal.net
Mon May 15 12:07:58 EDT 2006


A clever epigram where the poetic element is important, so you might  
want to cheat a little on the lexical/grammatical  side; something  
like this?

"Work we find vexing,
Work done is relaxing."

Don Wilkins

On May 15, 2006, at 3:20 AM, christophershelt at bellsouth.net wrote:

> PONOUNTES AXQOMEN:
> PONHSANTES XAIROMEN
> Does anyone have a better translation for the above sentence?   
> Thanking you in advance.
> Christopher Shelton
> Laboring distresses //us//: having //finished// laboring delights us.
> Does anyone have a better translation for this sentence?
> Chris Shelton
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