Collected Works | Goethe | Svart

English translation: 

Be noble,
Helpful and good!
Because that alone
Distinguishes him
Of all beings
Whom we know.

Hail the unknown
Higher beings,
Of our belief!
That we should be like them!
Their examples teach us
That we might believe in them.

Because nature
Is insensitive:
The sun is shining
On bad and good,
The moon and the stars.
It shines on the evil
As on the best of us

The winds and the currents,
Thunder and hail
Make their way
And seize us
One by one.
As they hurry past

Fortune too
Reaches through the crowd
Grabs the curly-headed boy
In his innocence,
And then the bald one
Who is old and malevolent.

As the eternal
Great iron law requires
We must all
Complete the cycle
Of our existence.

Only we
Can do the impossible:
We differentiate,
We choose and judge;
He make the moment
Lasting.

He alone may
Reward the good
Punish the wicked,
Heal and redeem,
And bind to purpose
Everything wrong and lost.

And we worship
The immortals
As if they were people
Acting on a large scale,
What the best of us
Do or want in our small way.

Let the noble
Be helpful and good!
Tirelessly he shall work toward
What is useful and right,
Be to us an image
of those beings we sense!

"Das Göttliche" (The Divine) was written in 1783 by German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and is one of his most well-known lyrical works. In the poem, Goethe emphasizes the importance of human virtues and the necessity of striving for the divine within ourselves and the world around us. 

The poem expresses the idea that humans should be noble, helpful, and good to set themselves apart from other beings. The message of the poem is that humans are defined by their actions and character traits, with helpfulness and kindness towards others being regarded as the highest values. 

This exclusive leather watch band is part of a strictly limited edition and has been crafted with the utmost care and craftsmanship. The engraving of the poem is a tribute to Goethe's inspiring work and a reminder of the timeless ideals of nobility, helpfulness, and goodness that form the core of our human nature.

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