[Marxism] All wheels come to a halt, if our strong arm wants it!
Einde O'Callaghan
einde at gmx.de
Sat Oct 13 09:25:05 MDT 2007
Tom O'Lincoln schrieb:
> Thanks for the info comrades
>
> Non-Germans may not recognise the subject line. It's a translation of a
> famous Communist slogan, which is naturally much more elegant in the
> original:
>
> Alle Räder stehen still
> Wenn dein starker Arm es will.
>
> Actually it began life as part of a poem by Georg Herwegh written in 1877.
>
A slightly more elegant translation, though not quite literal, might be:
All wheels stand still
if it is (y)our will.
Einde O'Callaghan
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