Friday, February 05, 2021
Renunciation
Goethe, Faust, Part I, lines 1549-1553 (tr. David Luke):
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Do without, do without! That oldRelated post: Serpent's Tooth.
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.
