An Epitaph of Hermann Hesse

kyonissho
Sep 16
1 min read

photos of upper right and lower right were on December 23, 1996.

montagnola a hermann hesse nel centenario della nascita.

by Italian

(montagnola a hermann hesse in the centenary of his birth.-google translation-)

"und dann betrachtete ich unser dorf, dies kleine warme genist, worin jede linie und fläche mir so lang und genau bekannt ist."by German

("and then I looked at our village, this little warm genie, where every line and surface is so long and well known to me."-google translation-)

"e poi contemplai il nostro paese, il piccolo e caldo nido del quale da tempo conosco distintamente ogni linea e ogni superficie."

by Italian

("and then I contemplated our country, the small and warm nest of which

I have long known each line and every surface distinctly."

-google translation-)

("and then I contemplated our country the small and warm nest of which

I for a long time separately know every line and every surface.

-a machine translation-)

historical

In plural An ancient sect of Jews who claimed to be pure-blooded descendants of Abraham, being descended from Jews who refrained from taking non-Jewish wives during the Babylonian Captivity in the 6th cent. b.c.

Genist

noun

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Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Samuel Purch

as (bap. 1577, d. 1626), geographical editor and compiler and Church of England clergyman. From (i) post-classical Latin Genistae, plural (636 in Isidore).

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Pronunciation

Genist/ˈdʒiːnɪst/

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from

https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/genist

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from the Italian;

the nest