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Friedrich Nietzsche
The Gay Science Block b0054
Block 54 of 472
Canonical reference b0054
German
48. Gegen die Gesetze. Von heut an hängt an härner Schnur Um meinen Hals die Stunden-Uhr: Von heut an hört der Sterne Lauf, Sonn’, Hahnenschrei und Schatten auf, Und was mir je die Zeit verkünd’t, Das ist jetzt stumm und taub und blind: - Es schweigt mir jegliche Natur Beim Tiktak von Gesetz und Uhr.
English AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
48. Against the Laws. From today, upon a hempen cord The timepiece hangs around my neck: From today the course of stars, The sun, cockcrow, and shadows cease, And all that ever told me time Is now mute and deaf and blind: All nature falls silent for me At the ticking of law and clock.
French AI-generated translation, non-official
Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-13
48. Contre les lois. Dès aujourd’hui pend à un cordon de crin, autour de mon cou, la montre des heures : dès aujourd’hui cessent le cours des étoiles, le soleil, le chant du coq et les ombres, et tout ce qui jamais m’annonça le temps est maintenant muet, sourd et aveugle : toute nature se tait pour moi au tic-tac de la loi et de l’horloge.
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