Ludewig Suhl | Thomas Nugent |
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der Tod |
XL. Death to the Recluse. |
der Clausener |
XLI. The Recluse's answer. |
Suhl follows Jacob von Melle and Nathanael Schlott, when Death says: »greiser Wunderkopf«, whereas the later sources (and the painting itself) say: »alter Wunderkopf«. In the same manner, the hermit starts his speech: »Ich bin ein Mensch«, while the painting says: »Ich war ein Mensch«.
Suhl has made a definite mistake in the last verse, because the last one-and-a-half line is a repetition of the civil servant's speech.
Here comes instead the hermit's speech as transcribed by Mantels:
Der Cläusner. |