Warum ist alles so rätselhaft?
Hier ist das Wollen, hier ist die Kraft;
Das Wollen will, die Kraft ist bereit,
Und daneben die schöne lange Zeit."
So seht doch hin, wo die gute Welt
Zusammenhält!
Seht hin, wo sie auseinanderfällt!
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- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Problem", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-02
Line count: 7
Word count: 40
Why is everything so problematic?
Here is the quarrel, here is the force;
The quarrel wishes, the force is prepared
And in addition one has a lovely long time.
On close inspection, where the good world
comes together!
Behold, it goes to where it falls apart!