On Mar 4, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Michael Cook wrote:

As literal as possible:

When it forgets itself in dust,/ Bear it with patience


Wenn sie im Staube sich vergisst, / So trag' sie mit Geduld.


This would mean the poet is asking God to be patient with the poet's lapses. Is that really what the German says?

Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/kallisti.html

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