by
Daniel Stoppe (1697 - 1747)
Wind macht aus Toren kluge Leute
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Wind macht aus Toren kluge Leute;
durch wind verdient der Narr sein Brodt:
durch Wind kann man die krümmsten Sachen
mit leichter [Mühe g'rade]1 machen;
Wind dient vor alle unglücksfälle, vor alles,
nur nicht vor den Tod;
Wind macht aus Toren kluge Leute;
durch Wind verdient der Narr sein Brot.
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Confirmed with Erste Sammlung von Daniel Stoppens [sic] teutschen Gedichten, Franckfurt und Leipzig: Zu finden bey Joh. Heinr. Schrödern, 1742, page 97.
1 Telemann: "Müh' gerade"
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- ENG English (Poppy Holden) , "Wind", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 50
Wind
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Wind makes intelligent people from fools;
with wind the fool earns his bread:
by wind one can the crookedest things
with less effort make straight;
wind serves with all accidents,
with everything, only not with death;
wind makes intelligent people from fools;
with wind the fool earns his bread.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Daniel Stoppe (1697 - 1747), "Aria"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 49