Friday, February 05, 2021

 

Renunciation

Goethe, Faust, Part I, lines 1549-1553 (tr. David Luke):
Do without, do without! That old
Command pursues us down the years
Endlessly echoing in our ears—
The same old hoarse repeated song
Heard hour by hour our whole life long!

Entbehren sollst du! sollst entbehren!
Das ist der ewige Gesang,
Der jedem an die Ohren klingt,
Den, unser ganzes Leben lang,
Uns heiser jede Stunde singt.
Related post: Serpent's Tooth.



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