TOWARD MAN
Man sehnt sich nach des Lebens Bächen,
Ach! nach des Lebens Quelle hin
—Faust, i, STUDIERZIMMER
If gods no longer wait beyond the tomb
Then are the torrents of this life despoiled
By death of any final sense?
May we throw off the burden of this gloom.
Suffice it for me to cast into oblivion's
Career the wish for human dignity upheld.
Jorge Guillén
Translated by Reginald Gibbons
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