II. 3256-63. Even her smile would not please him, if it were nothing eise but a gentle, pretty twisting of her muscles, and if that which causes her to smile should be unworthy of the charm which it assumes on her mouth. Such a ' spiiitless * smile he had often seen squandered on shallowness, frivolity, and scoffing mockery (Höhnerei), on flat- terers and foppish admirers, and it did not enchant him.
1. 3265, etc. Verflattern, *to flutter away,* like a butterfly in the sunshine.
Iiaunisoh denotes a smaller degree of anger, and may be rendered by * cross.* 1. 3268. "Wenn ich, etc. Cp. IL 2819-2 1.
1. 3273. Einlenken, here 'to tum back.* 1. 3274, etc. Jemand Etwas vorplaudern, 'to prate,* or chatter to anyone abont something (nonsensical).
Observe the nse of stehen for ' to be ' in connection with the verb erweisen...11. 3281-3335.] NOTES. ACT F, SCC. 4, 5. «93 1. 3383. Viel is sometimes foUowed by the genitive "without any articie. In common prose we shoald use here von foUowed by the dative.
1. 3285. Ihrer warten has here the meaning of <watch them (to see).* Vierter Auftritt.
I. 3287. Habt • •. vielen Dank, (receive) many thanks. Cp. the Latin ' gratiam habere.* II. 3289-93. The Lay-brother declined the reward which Nathan ^ished to force upon him (cp. 1. 31 14). He showed therefore that he was without any wants, and consequently richer than Nathan. If the I^y-brother nevertheless expressed his thanks to Nathan it was for the latter*s good-will. Cp. 11. 537-40 1. 3299. Nu (here * well') is the older, but still familiär, form for ntu>- 1* 3305* '^^ hunting expression hetzen ' to bait,* is nsed fignratively for fo incite; to instigate, 1. 3317. Lessing wrote graden "Wegs, which is eertainly more euphonic than the more ^rammatically correct form, gerades Wegs.
I. 3318. Here again viel is followed by the simple genitive. Cp.
Nathan alwa3rs apprehended a disclosnre of the secret connected with Recha, and now rejoices that *the knot which caused him so mnch anxiety (bange machte ^), becomes disentangled/ He can now lift up his head freely before men as before God, who does not judge man according to his extemal deeds; these being so rarely his own deeds, but imposed upon him through the force of circumstances.
Fünfter. Auftritt.
Fünfter. Auftritt.
1- 3335« The anxiety of Nathan to know whether the Templar had been with the Patriarch is pointedly indicated by the terse elliptical 1 The Word bange, which is now also used as an attributive adjective, was formerly employed as an adverb only, and Lessing himself has the following remark on that expression: — In den meisten Redensarten; als nur ist bange; bange machen, wird es als Adverbium gebraucht; und die Stellen^ wo ich es als Adjectiv gehraucht finde ^ klingen hart, etc.— -Lessliig's 294 NATHAN DER WEISE. [U. 3337-3363.
qnestion: "Wo gewesen f instead of the fiiller form, "Wo seid Ilir gewesen f 1- 3337« The Templar had fiist promised Nathan to wait for him in the vicinity of the Convent (cp. 1. 3334), bnt, after he had heard from Daya the secret connected with the descent of Recha, and in- directly betrayed it to the Patriarch, he hastened to Saladin, partly to inyoke his aid in his wooing of Recha, and partly to forestall the le- lentless zelotism'of the Patriarch (cp. L 3587). The Templar's assertion, that they missed one another is, therefore, a mere excnse.
L 3339. Ihr wart nur, etc. It mnst be assnmed that Nathan had been a second time at Saladin's palace, bringing him the promised treasnres, whilst the Templar was at the Convent with the Patriarch.
1. 334a. Mein G-ang, etc. Reich translates this line by ' My step, besidesy was thither bent.'
L 3343. The adverbs Ja doch wohl are here nsed rather apolo- getically to denote, ' I presmne (I may)/ etc.
1. 3344. Nathan wishes to find ont whether the Lay-brother was right as to the identity of the Templar; hence his question, Ihr kennt ihn, etc.
1. 3345. The Word Haut (lit. * skin,') for * person,' * fellow,' * sonl/ etc., was formerly chiefly nsed as a term of ^ensure and reproach, but is now generally employed in familiär speech as a term of approval with a slight shade of good-hnmoured irony or contempt.
L 3346. Stöber, which is another form for Stäuber, i. e. a species of smali dog employed in hnnting, as a 'setter,* etc., is, like Spürhund, nsed figuratively for a * spy.'
1. 3350. That 'pioos simplidty' will not lend itself as a tool to villany, has been proved by the Lay-brother.
1. 3351* The Patriarch certainly considered the Lay-brother as ' stupid,' and therefore must have reproached him with the failnre of his missions. Cp. 1. 3379, etc.
1. 3354. So stellt, etc. It seems that the Templar does not yet fnlly believe in the honesty of the Lay>brother.
1. 3355. The Templar is conscious of the fact that he had betrayed the secret of Nathan — thongh not naming him — to the Patriarch, and he mnst come to the conclnsion that the Lay-brother, commissioncd to track that secret, has named him as the ' informer *; hence his qnes- tion l)ooh. — ^gesagt? It wonld seem, however, that Nathan wishes to force him to an open acknowledgment.
1. 3363, etc. Gunst, in the present phrase, 'leave.* There is no exact eqnivalent in English for the p. p. erlogen, which mnst be ren- dered by *false'; 'untrae,* etc.
1« 3366. The woids "Was ich that, etc. snin up the preceding State- ment, that the Templar fearlessly acknowledges what he may have done.
Düntzer thinks the passage is a reminiscence of the well-known saying of Pilate, ' What I have written, I have written/ St. John xix. 23.
L 3375. "Wtirmiach, * peevish *; * angry,* etc., from wurmen, ' to vex,' ' to cause a gnawing grief,* i. e. to gnaw like a worm.
Lessing very properly gave the preference to wurmisoh mstead of to wünniacli, which latter form was suggested by Ramler. Cp. Lessing^'s Werken L. — M. xiii. p. 623.
• 3377« G-auoh, simpleton; fool, etc. Cp. the £. gawk, A.S. ^geac^ and the Fr. gauche, The cuckoo, which used to be considered a silly bird, was called in M. H. G. ' gouch.'
1- 3380. "Wie abgemesaen, etc., i. e. Nathan was careful to elude the Templar with measured terms.
1. 338a. The ezpression Aus der Luft gegriffen, lit. 'seized,' or ' drawn from the air,* is used in German. to denote anything * unreal/ ' groundless,* and consequently ' unreasonable.* 1. 3384. Denken is sometimes used with the dative in the sense of ' to recall to one*s mind.* 1. 3387. Jmd. ein G-eheimniBB an den Kopf werfen, lit. 'to throw a secret at the head of anyone,* i.e. to thrust a secret upon anyone.
1. 3390. HOrt mich, etc. i.e. hear me to the end. For abgejagt 1- 3394- The expression Irars und gut, must here, of course, be translated literally, in order to bring out fully the epigrammatic meaning of Nathan*8 snbsequent question.
1. 3401. Iiaife, a foolish conceited person, somewhat like G-auch, ' fool.'
1. 340a. An beiden Enden, lit. ' on both ends,' i.e. at some extreme. A. Reich renders this line by: whose thoughts are always wandering in extremes. Cp. for sohw&rmen, 11. 135, 141, notes.
1. 3404. Auch das kann sein, ' this may also be the case '; namely, even if Daya has spoken the truth, he may have gone too isx.
1. 3405. Wenn Ihr, etc. * if you take me from this side,' or * if you pursue such a line of conduct with me * — i. e. acknowledging your fault and asking my forgiveness — then I must pardon you. Fassen does not mean here ' to conceive.*.
U. 3416-18. The villany of the Patriarch, which under all drcumi i^6 NATHAN DER WEISE. [U. 3419-3494.
stances remains the same, and which was ready ' to pnnish tlie Jew/ in any case, restored the Templar to himself in the shoitest way, and in- duced him to speak openly to Nathan.
1. 3419. The impetuoiis exdtement of the Templar is marked by his freqnent address to Nathan, *to listen to him/ — and not to intemipt 1. 3432. Ihr wähnt, etc. Since Nathan was in possession of the * breviary/ he was no longer mider the necessity of concealing anything with r^[ard to Recha.
1. 3444. Mit ihr su schalten, i. e. the control oyer her.
1. 3447. The words und will express here the determination of the Templar to * save ' Recha.
^' 345 ^ • Verdienen wollen -» verdient. "Wollen is here used as a kind of expletive, in the sense of an anxiliary verb, and need not be translated.
1. 3455. It need hardly be pointed out that this line contains a enphemistic allnsion to the evil one.
1. 3456. Aus diesen, i.e. the hands alluded to in the preceding Speech of Nathan.
1. 3464. Soldiers and priests were the dominant classes in those days; it is, therefore, qnite natnral that the Templar shonld mention these alone.
1* 34^5* Sich etwas versprechen expresses more emphatically a certainty of expectation than erwarten or hoffen von.
I. 3466, etc. The Templars were both Knights and Priests, but Nathan does not yet seem to haye formed a dear notion of the character of the present Templar; hence his evasive answer.
II. 3472-77. The Templar, whom we know to be a free-thinker, prefers the rationid creed of Nathan, which he compares to 'pure wheat,* to the mere observance of ceremonial Christianity, which he formerly designated as Aberglauben, and now likens to 'tares.* (Cp. 1. 1564, etc.) The simile is a Biblical reminiscence. Cp. Matt. xiii.
II. 3483-90. The impetnosity of the Templar again breaks ont in bitter and sarcastic remarks.
The poss. pron. of the third person is nsed before Zeit in the sense of * due,* ' proper,* etc. Cp. the Latin tempore suo.
1. 3493. Verhunzen denotes more emphatically the entire spoiling of anythhig than verderben. The verb hunBen is said to be derived firom the Slavonic huniovati, 1. 3494. "Es refers, of conrse, to Engel, and not to Recha's brother, as has been cariously interpreted and translated.
1. 3494. Behaupten, lit. '^o maintain,' is here nsed in the sense of * to prove.'
1. 3497* The Templar wishes Recha to remain in eveiy respect exactly as ehe is, and his love to her vnii brook no abstractian of any kind.
1* 3500. The conj. obschon may, like obgleich, eta, be separated in higher diction.
1. 3501. The expression auch eben viel, for es ist gleich viel, *it is all the same'; 'it matters not/ is now obsolete. The fate which threatened Recha consisted in the danger of her being separated from Nathan, of which danger she woold not yet be aware, although she may already have had some snspicion as to her descent 1< 3507. The adverbial expression Manns genug sein, i. e. ' to be soificiently manly,' is now used as a general term for ' to be courageous enough/ and is applied, as such, both to feminine substantives, and to nonns in the plnral nnmber.
1. 3510. Nach Jemand fragen denotes figuratively 'to care for anyone *; ' to mind anyone/ 1. 351 1. Wenn sie drüber, etc., even if she wäre to become in so doing, etc. It seems that the Templar is determined to secnre the band of Recha, even if he is obliged to tum Mussulman in order to enable him to marry her* Sechster Auftritt.
L 3520. Beklemmt is derived from the trans. weak verb beklem- men, whilst the p. p. beklommen, which is also used for beklemmt, is derived from bekümmen.
Angst is properly a noun. In the conrse of time it was used ad- ▼erbially, and as a predicative adjective.
1. 3525» 80 fronmi. It may not be superfluous to quote here the saying of Lessing: Ich kenne an einem unverheiratheten Mädchen keine höheren Tugenden als Frömmigkeit und Gehorsam, U. 3533-36. Lessing thought so little of mere book-learaing that he Said: Der aus Büchern erworbene Reichthum fremder Erfahrung heiszt Gelehrsamkeit, Eigne Erfahrung ist Weisheit, Das kleinste Kapital von dieser^ ist mehr werth, als Millionen non jener, (Lessing*s II. 3538-43. There is no doubt whatever that these lines contain an early plea for the method of Instruction called Anschauungsunterricht (Object or Observation Lessons), which was first practically carried out by the celebrated edocationalist Pestalozzi (i 745-1837).
The principal beneficial resnlt of the teaching by means of the 298 NATHAN DER WEISE. pl. 3546-361 1.
concrete method is, that eyerytkiiig impreases itself better on the mind of the leamer, and that the whole soul imbibes the teaching at once. 1. 3546. Sohleoht was formerly nsed in the sense of sohlioht, i. e.
* piain '; ' simple-minded,* etc.; now it has retained that signification, when connected ¥rith some other expression having a similar meaning, as here: sohleoht und reoht, so pläin and natnraL ^« 3547« ^o SUiB» ct&, lit so completely like herseif only, i. e. Sittah*8 chaiacter is withont the admixtoie of any foreign element, or in other words, it is ' qnite original.'
1. 3550. Sittah evidently thinks of Nathan's ingenions reply to her brother.
1. 3554. The expression will Iinft may here be rendered by ' wanCs room/ or * vent.* 1. 3555* Geschehen denotes in this phrase ' to aiL* 1- 3561. The verb sioh ermannen has so far lost its primary meaning, that it is nsed figaratively for ' to mnster/ or ' plnck np conrage * both of man and woman. Cp. 1. 3507, n. gelten (1. 3563) denotes 'avails/ • 3571. "Wer kann, etc., who can do it? can even ¥rish it, etc.
1- 3.5 7 3* Kann das, etc., i. e. can wish to do it, wants to be able to do it.
I. 3574, etc. Böse denotes here 'evil* in the Biblical sense, or rather * cmel.* The clause vergeb' es ihr refers to the Böses, and belohn' es ihr to the G-utes, which Daya had done to Recha.
1* 3580. In Order to bring out more strongly the Services which Daya had rendered to Recha, the former is represented as having nnrsed the latter in her childhood. Cp. 11. 758-62, n, ^' 3583* The verb ängsten is freqnently nsed in poetry instead of ängstigen.
II. 3586-89. These lines seem to be directed against those religions ' enthnsiasts * who consider it their dnty to make proselytes; ' to tease from love.* The brief and terse answer of Sittah is qnite in keeping with the views she expressed before. Cp. 1. 867, etc.
1. 3600. That Daya did all in her power to * convert ' Recha, with the exception of actually revealing to her the secret of her birth, we have Seen before (cp. L 1547, etc.), and also that Recha lent her a patient ear.
1. 3608. Daya was, of conrse, of opinion that Recha could üever be blessed nnless she embraced Christianity.
1. 361 1. 'Was refers to Recha's assertion: Das geht sn weit, and wem, to what, mnst be assnmed to have been employed by Lessing — in accordance with the nsage which existed in M. H. G. — as the dative of was, and to refer to the demonstr. dem, to this.
1. 3615. Christentempel instead of SUrohe is here very appropriate in the mouth of a non- Christian.
1. 3619. In die Biohte gehen is an idiomatic expression for * to go/ or 'to take the shortest way '; 'to go straight along.' Biohte denotes 'a. straight direction,* and hence the shortest way.
Daya had reooarse to a stratagem in Order to lead Recha throngh a chnrch.
1. 3624. Wie ward mir ia here nsed elliptically for wie ward mir SU Mathe, O I how I feit.
1. 3627. Gtöttliohe refers to the Holy Virgin.
1. 3639. Sittah was expectmg her brother, of whom we know that he was aboat to visit her. Cp. 1. 3226. We mnst assnme that she heard the ' curtain mstle,* as was the case on the arrival of Nathan. Cp. 1. 1795* Siebenter Auftritt« 1. 3640. Von sieh sein is not qnite as nsual as ausser sieh sein 'to be beside oneself.* The opposite of this expression is bu sieh kommen (1. 3642), viz. to compose, or to collect oneself.
1* 3645. Abglanz, reflection; image. Saladin's sense of jnstice and generosity were acknowledged by friends and foes. Marin says of him: Ilien {des peupU5)fit adorer par ses largesses^ par ses manüres popu- lairesypar san humaniti et par sa justice, (Hist. de Sal. I. 282.)
1. 3649. The pron. es before sei is here omitted.
1. 3656. Saladin does not seem to believe, as yet, in the story of Recha's descent, as may also be inferred from his conversation with the Templar (Cp. Act iv, Sc. 4); he, therefore, now asks 'who has pat such things into her head?'
1. 3661. Faselnd, wandering; talking delirionsly.
1. 3674, etc. Saladin admonishes Recha to lock out betimes for one iL who would mn life's race with her on equal terms, viz. one who wonld have the same chance of life as' herseif.
The p. p. umgesehen is here used with the force of an imperative, and the pron. ims, which is meant for Recha alone, is employed in accordance with the German familiär mode of expression livhich includes in an assertion the person speaking and the person spoken to.
1. 3683. The exdamation Bruder I seems to be nttered by Sittah somewhat reproachfully, on account of Saladin having ordered the men to her harem« Iietster Auftritt.
1. 3689. The emphatie ■ repetition of Dich seems to indicate the gratification of Saladin at the annonncement he has to make to Nathan.
» 300 NATHAN DER WEISE. [H. 369i-37s8 1. 3^1. Jemand bedeuten was formerly nsed in the simple signi- fication of ' to infonn anyone *; now it is commonly employed with a shade of admonition, viz. 'to enjoin.* 1. 3691, etc. Saladin is so overjoyed at the thonght that he is now able to discharge his debt to Nathan, that he at once thinks of that fact, although his miad is occupied with other weighty matten. It is at the same time in consonance with the character of Nathan that he considers Saladin*s commnnication as of secondary importance.
• 3703. Nathan natnrally surmises that Recha has been distinctly informed of her descent by Daya, and his question: bist doch meine Tochter noch? is an indirect acknowledgement of the truth of her revelation.
1. 3707. Kein...nicht. The double negative was formerly nsed in German, as in English, in order to emphasize a negation, 1. 3709, etc. The Templar had imagined that Recha retnmed his passionate loYe (cp. 1. 2185, ^^c.)» ^^^ o^ hearing that she appre- hends no loss as long as Nathan b left to her, he mnst come to the conclnsion that he is qnite indifferent to her.
L 3715. Saladin had promised the Templar his intercession with Nathan. Cp. 1. 2817, etc.
1. 3716. Jach, rash; precipitate. The original spelling was gaoh; in the same way as gäh for the now more current jäh. Cp. Lessing*s Schriften, L. — M. V., 358.
The Templar had complained before that Nathan did not fall in at once with his views, (cp. 1. 2742, etc.), and Saladin rightly assnmes that he had not yet disclosed his wishes to Recha, hence his qnestion: whether everybody mnst advance to meet his wishes, and whether everybody mnst divine his intentions?
1. 3731. Trotzen does not mean here |to boast,* bat rather 'to make a point (of) '; ' to pnt forward as a claim.* 1. 3724. G-eis is here nsed in the primary sense of ' covetonsness.* 1. 3726. Es mit Jmd. nicht genau nehmen, not to be pnnctilions with anyone.
1. 3722. Eins fürs, etc., i.e. Recha shonld balance one quality against the other.
1* 3731. Sich Jmd. antragen, to ofTer oneself; to make an offer to anyone.
1. 3736, eta Ist was rechts, that is roighty mnch.
The use of the verb haben with the genitiye instead of with von foUowed by the dative, is permissible in higher diction only.
1. 3738. Iiarre, here simply 'face,' i.e. the ontward semblance of Assad.
1. 3739, etc. The difference between the conception of Saladin and Siltah, regarding the Step they advised Recha to take, is highly characteristic.
L 3743. Kommt.. • mit bu, belongs.
1. 3753» etc. Ihr.. • aufgebunden, imposed on her,!. e. by making Kecha believe that he was her fother.
1. 3767. Jmd. einer Lüge (or simply Lügen) strafen, to tax anyone with falsehood.
i* 3770* Das hiesz, etc., i. e. God prompted Nathan to express that apology.
^3775* "^^c A^v* ^®' (instead of her), in conjunction with kom- men, is quite appropriate in this place, it being followed by the adverbial expression zu Lande.
^ 3795* "^^c Templar not being inclined to acknowledge Recha as his sister, the lalter thinks that he considers her and Nathan as deceivers, 1. 3797. Ist erlogen, etc., is deceit in thee. Cp. I. 1391.
1. 3812. The question Und was? refers to es sie entgelten lassen, i.e. for what act should Nathan not make Recha a sufferer? The fonner dispels by that simple question the apprehension of the Templar that he wishes to disown Recha on account of any fault which he may have committed.
The coUective neun das OescliwiBter was formerly also employed in the singular number for * brother * and * sister.* Cp. 1. 260, ».
1. 3826. O, dasB er, etc., that he was none such, i. e. neither a Frank nor a native of the West.
II. 3833-34. It is very natural that Nathan should leave it to the Sultan whether he will divulge the portentous * üunily secret * or not, and he thinks it proper to assure the latter that he has not betrayed that secret. It is absurd to Interpret these lines as showing the Jew*s servility to the Sultan.
1. 3835. Erkennen Stands here for anerkennen. 1. 3836. The expression Neffen was not unfrequently employed to denote ' nephews * and * nieces.'
QUOTATIONS FROM NATHAN DER WEISE.
Es ist Arznei, nicht Gift, was ich dir reiche. 1. 355.
Kein Mensch musz müssen. L 385. (Cp. also 1. 2305.)
So lieblich klang des Voglers Pfeife, bis Der Gimpel in dem Netze war. L 477.
Der Wille Und nicht die Gabe macht den Geber. L 539.
Grosz und abscheulich! 1. 1221.
Nur musz der Knorr den Knubben hübsch vertragen. 1. 1284.
Nur musz ein Gipfelchen sich nicht vermessen, Dasz es allein der Erde nicht entschossen. L 1285.
Borgen ist Viel besser nicht als betteln. L 1486.
So was überlegt sich nicht. L 1502.
Wer überlegt, der sucht Bewegungsgründe, nicht zu dürfen. L 1505.
Was hätt* ein Weiberkopf erdacht, das er Nicht zu beschönen wüszte. 1. 1773* Betrogene Betrüger. 1. 2024.
Braucht's Gelegenheit zu einer Bitte? 1. 2064.
Sein Ruhm ist blosz sein Schatten. 1. 2163.
Thut nichts! Der Jude wird verbrannt! L 2546.
Es sind Nicht alle frei, die ihrer Ketten spotten. 1. 2757.
Erröthen macht die Häszlichen so schön: Und sollte Schöne nicht noch schöner machen? 1. 3678.
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