Sein eigner Herr
Language: German (Deutsch) after the French (Français)
Wie glücklich ist der Mensch,
Den keine Menschen kennen,
Der, mit sich selbst vergnügt,
In einem Winkel lebt,
Der dem Geschätzten nichts,
Das wir die Ehre nennen,
Vom Hoffahrts-Rauch berauscht
Niemalen nachgestrebt,
Der keine Freude find't,
Als nur im freien leben,
Und niemand, als ihm selbst,
Von sich darf Rechnung geben.
Confirmed with Barthold Heinrich Brockes, Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott, erster Theil: Siebende, neu-übersehene und verbesserte Auflage, Hamburg: Christian Herold, 1744, page 582. Appears in Anhang.
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- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "His own man", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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His own man
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
How lucky is the man
whom no men know,
who, amused by himself,
lives in his corner,
who does not estimate
what we call honours,
never striped
with the dust of travel,
the fool finds joy
only when living free,
and he has to account
only to himself.
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