8/19/2019 Johann Wolfgang Goethe Urworte. Orphisch.doc

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8/19/2019 Johann Wolfgang Goethe Urworte. Orphisch.doc

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=D8-'oN, Daemon= 8s stood the sun to the salute of #lanets

%#on the da" that gave "ou to the earth,>ou grew forthwith, and #ros#ered, in "our growing5eeded the law #residing at "our birthSib"ls and #ro#hets told it >ou must beNone but "ourself, from self "ou cannot fleeNo time there is, no #ower, can decom#oseThe minted form that lives and living grows

&AB:, Chance Strict the limit, "et a drifting, #leasant,'oves around it, with us, circling us$>ou are not long alone, "ou learn decorum,

 8nd li!el" act as an" man7ac! does-t comes and goes, in life, "ou lose or win,-t is a trin!et, to"ed with, wearing thin*ull circle come the "ears, the end is sighted,The lam# awaits the flame, to be ignited

EOF, /oe .ove is not absent3 Down from heaven swoo#ing,Whither from ancient em#tiness he flew,This wa" he flutters, borne b" air" feathers,;ound heart and head the da" of S#ringtime through, 8##arentl" esca#es, returns anon,So sweet and nervous, #ain to #leasure goneSome hearts awa" in general loving float,The noblest, "et, their all to one devote

4646H, 6ecessitI Then bac! it comes, what in the stars was written$.aw and circumstance$ each will is tried, 8ll willing sim#l" forced, b" obligation-n face of it, the free will/s tongue is tied'an/s heart forswears what most was loved b" him,To iron ?'ust? com#l" both will and whim-t onl" seems we/re free, "ears hem us in,

@onstraining more than at our origin

/;F, :ope >et the re#ulsive gate can be unboltedWithin such bounds, their adamantine wall,Though it ma" stand, that gate, li!e roc! for ever$Ane being moves, unchec!ed, ethereal*rom heav" cloud, from fog, from s9uall of rainShe lifts us to herself, we/re winged again,>ou !now her well, to nowhere she/s confined 00 8 wingbeat 00 aeons vanish far behind

Translated by Christopher Middleton