Balraj Sahani


English


Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..”, comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

The standard chunk of Lorem Ipsum used since the 1500s is reproduced below for those interested. Sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 from “de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum” by Cicero are also reproduced in their exact original form, accompanied by English versions from the 1914 translation by H. Rackham.


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AicMqy mYQoN iek gusqwKI huMdI rhI[ kvIAW dy svY-ivKwly nMU inMdnIk pRivrqI smJx vwlw huMidAW vI mYN ieqnw icr hrnwm isMG nwz dI AmIr S^sI swdgI dw mu`l nw pw sikAw[ bMbeI dy dYink jIvn dIAW BwjVW ny mYnMU eys jogw vI nw r`iKAw ik kdy Kilhwr ky mYN auhnW gOhrW v`l vI Jwq mwr skW jo auh AwpxI bu`kl ivc lukweI iPrdw hY[
nwz fUMGy goqy lwx vwlw Swier hY, Aqy is`Dw Awpxy inSwny qy pu`jdw hY[ AlMkwr, CMd, aupmwvW Awid, kdy auhnMU Awpxy mnorQ qoN nhIN BtkWdIAW[ Aqy ieho, kyvl v`K v`K kivqwvW dI nhIN; sgoN kwiv-sMgRih dI iek smUh ivSySqw hY[
nwz kol jzibAW dI Gwt nhIN, pr auh cu`k dyx dI QW auhnW nMU T`l pwx dI koiSS krdw hY[ qWhIEN, jdoN ies dy bwvjUd auh vih qurdy hn qW aunHW dI sicAweI au~pr XkIn hox l`g pYNdw hY :
mVHI myrI nMU lMGdw lMGdw
kMnIAW CuMg CuMg dyK ilAw kr
ie`Qy hauky iKrly, p`Qr bx ky
KVy krIr ny eyQy,
kwnMUnW dIAW pulsW vWgUM;
bih jwx nw PV ky qYnMU
mVHIAW ivc KloieAw nw kr
‘nwz’ myry, ieMj roieAw nw kr[
myry i^Awl ivc pwTk nMU ies pusqk ivc bVI vMngIAW dw mswlw imlygw[ ikqy JUmdI AgMmHxI gIq-lihr :
cwnx AwKy mYN nw jwvW
nINdr AwKy mYN nw AwvW
AwlHixAW ivc pMCI su`qy
iks nMU ik`dW kol bulwvW
E pUnm dy suhxy cMdw!
ikqy cusq qy PbvyN SyAr :-
koeI ieSk nMU smJ gunwh lYNdy
auh kI krn jo kih ^udw bYTy[
inKwrdI qy sMvwrdI Amn qWG :-
jug jug k`qo b`lIE
cIry rMgw rMg[
iek nw k`iqE vrdIAW
jwn ijnHW qoN qMg[
ikqy bYNq rwhIN suGV qy kwtvI rwjnIqk qnz :-
pYr qlbW dy l`gx nw mihMgdy vy
lk Sbr dy nMU tu`t jWdy[
brkq aufdI GrW dI dyK Xwro
du`D kWjIauN ibnw eI Pu jWdy
ichn pVH byrOxkI brkW dy
Kcry kW bnHyirEN au~f jWdy[
pusqk C`p ky smIKkW dy h`Q ivc phuMc jwvygI, Aqy auh Awpy ies dy gux, doS pey prKngy[ myrw mMqv hY kyvl ies bwr bwr pVHn Aqy sWB ky r`Kx jogy mjmUey nMU jI AwieAW AwKxw[
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