Living
Would we let our envy burst
Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring (1853) · From West-Eastern Divan
Living
WOULD we let our envy burst,
Feed its hunger fully first!
To keep our proper place,
We'll show our bristles more;
With hawks men all things chase,
Except the savage boar.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Would we let our envy burst.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/343/.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. “Would we let our envy burst.” Translated by Edgar Alfred Bowring. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goethe/343/.
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