Monday, June 28, 2021

 

All We Can Do Right Now

Friedrich Schiller, William Tell, lines 417-420 (from Act I, Scene 3; my translation):
STAUFFACHER.
My heart is bursting to speak with you.
TELL.
The heavy heart doesn't become light through words.
STAUFFACHER.
Yet words might lead us to deeds.
TELL.
The only deed now is patience and silence.



STAUFFACHER.
Mir ist das Herz so voll, mit Euch zu reden.
TELL.
Das schwere Herz wird nicht durch Worte leicht.
STAUFFACHER.
Doch könnten Worte uns zu Thaten führen.
TELL.
Die einz'ge That ist jezt Geduld und Schweigen.



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