The Veiled Image at Sais by Friedrich Schiller

Translation

Struck by a burning thirst for knowledge, a youth
Travelled to Egyptian lands—to Sais—
To breach the secret knowledge of its priests;
He eagerly made all the needed grades,
But still, relentlessly, kept climbing higher—
The hierophant could barely tame the boy.
“What good is one small part without the whole?”
Exclaimed the eager youth, without a pause.
“For, ca…