Living
Be stirring, man, while yet the day is clear
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
BE stirring, man, while yet the day is clear;
The night when none can work fast Draweth near.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Be stirring, man, while yet the day is clear.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/338/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Be stirring, man, while yet the day is clear.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/338/.
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