גאט --
God, —
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Page 447. Conclusion of 'Lider fun Abelar tsu Heloiz': 'Got, heyb vider dayn shverd antbloyzn' (God, lift again your bared sword). 'Hoyb, vos vartstu?' (Lift, why do you wait?). 'Mikh folgn, heys ikh' (to follow me, I command) — bold Abelardian assertion of human will. Returns to opening question: 'Got, ver bistu?' (God, who are you?). Final answer: 'ver ikh bin — veys ikh' (who I am — I know). Self-knowledge vs. unknowable divine. Cycle ends with philosopher's defiance and self-assertion. Page has decorative sun/sunrise image marking end of cycle.
גאט --
הייב. ווידער
דיין שווערד
אַנטבלויזן.
דתויב,
וואָס וואַרטסטו ?
מיך פאַלגן ,
הייס איך:
פמט --
ווער ביסטו +
ווער איך בין --
ווייס. איך.
+3
Got, —
heyb vider
dayn shverd
antbloyzn.
Hoyb,
vos vartstu?
mikh folgn,
heys ikh;
got, —
ver bistu?
ver ikh bin —
veys ikh.
God, —
lift again
your sword
bared.
Lift,
why do you wait?
to follow me,
I command;
God, —
who are you?
who I am —
I know.
Page 447. Conclusion of 'Lider fun Abelar tsu Heloiz': 'Got, heyb vider dayn shverd antbloyzn' (God, lift again your bared sword). 'Hoyb, vos vartstu?' (Lift, why do you wait?). 'Mikh folgn, heys ikh' (to follow me, I command) — bold Abelardian assertion of human will. Returns to opening question: 'Got, ver bistu?' (God, who are you?). Final answer: 'ver ikh bin — veys ikh' (who I am — I know). Self-knowledge vs. unknowable divine. Cycle ends with philosopher's defiance and self-assertion. Page has decorative sun/sunrise image marking end of cycle.
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