East-West Divan Quotes

“Wer das Dichten will verstehen,
muß ins Land der Dichtung gehen;
wer den Dichter will verstehen,
muß in Dichters Lande gehen.”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan: Complete, annotated new translation

“GOD is of the East possess’d, God is ruler of the West; North and South alike, each land Rests within His gentle hand. He, the only righteous one, Wills that right to each be done. ’Mongst His hundred titles, then, Highest praise be this!—Amen. Error seeketh to deceive me, Thou art able to retrieve me; Both in action and in song Keep my course from going wrong. THE”
― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, West-Eastern Divan [Illustrated]