Friday, 10 February 2017

Hernach/ Hereafter

Der fliegende Frosch                                The flying frog

Wenn einer, der mit Mühe kaum              If someone, who under pain hardly
Gekrochen ist auf einen Baum,                has crept up a tree,
Schon meint, daß er ein Vogel wär,          already believes himself to be a bird,
So irrt sich der                                          (then) he errs.


Wilhelm Busch


This never fails to make me laugh out loud because it is true, simple and absurd - succinct.




PS: Apparently the correct translation of the concept of sin in the bible would rather be error.

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