Religion
He, the only righteous one
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Religion
HE, the only righteous one,
Wills that right to each be done.
'Mongst His hundred titles, then,
Highest praised be this!--Amen.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “He, the only righteous one.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/321/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “He, the only righteous one.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/321/.
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