Wednesday, December 31, 2008

The Psychiatrist.

The psychiatrist is the man
who is able and can
serve the patient
to help the doctor cure
and forge a new spirit for the patient
in compliance with the establishment.
Mother of Psychiatry,
chair the heart that has fallen sick,
restore it.


Translated by Gary Sullivan.

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Der Psychiater.

Der Psychiater ist der Mann
der was dies kann
dem Patienten zu dienen
dem Artz zu heilen
sowie der Sorge der Anstalt zu helfen
den neuen Geist eines Patienten schmieden.
die Mutter der Psychiatrie,
dem Vorsitz einer erkrankten Seele,
die wieder gesund werden muß.

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Notes

This is a loose translation, done without aid of a dictionary. In other words, it is wrong. I did make, later, an attempt at a more-or-less accurate translation, but was not satisfied with it, so I leave this earlier indiscretion.

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