I am not like the gods! Feel it I must.
I’m like the worm that burrows through the dust,
That in the dust in which it lived and fed,
Is crushed and buried by a wanderer’s tread.
Faust I, Goethe
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Track: Elfriede Hable & ihre singende Säge - Heideröslein......................
“Heideröslein” performed with a musical saw.
Sorry sorry, I’ll start posting only English stuff again. I just got so excited that there are so many YouTube videos of this. If you’re interested in reading the translation, I found one here. Basically, everything that happens from when the student enters to when he exits is in this video.
http://www.levity.com/alchemy/faust05.html
Gustaf Gründgens is just such an interesting character.

