This leaf from a tree in the East, / Has been given to my garden. It reveals a certain secret, / Which pleases me and thoughtful people. Does it represent One living creature / Which has divided itself? Or are these Two, which have decided, / That they should be as One? To reply to such a Question, / I found the right answer: Do you notice in my songs and verses / That I am One and Two?
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
This leaf from a tree in the East, / Has been given to my garden. It reveals a certain secret, / Which pleases me and thoughtful people. Does it represent One living creature / Which has divided itself? Or are these Two, which have decided, / That they should be as One? To reply to such a Question, / I found the right answer: Do you notice in my songs and verses /
That I am One and Two?
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe