by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Wenn man auch nach Mekka triebe
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wenn man auch nach Mekka triebe Christus' Esel, würd er nicht Dadurch besser abgericht', Sondern stets ein Esel bliebe.
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Confirmed with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poetische Werke [Band 1–16], Band 3, Berlin, 1960, page 76.
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, appears in West-östlicher Divan, in 6. Buch der Sprüche -- Hikmet Nameh [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- by Steven Ebel , "Drei Sprüche", 2010 [tenor and orchestra], from Divan songs, no. 2.
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