The water ran and ran, and was always there, and always new.

What it means

Siddhartha sits by the river and sees it is always leaving and always present. Life is the same: constant change inside a steady whole. Watch moving water and you will see it.

The source

"The water ran and ran, and was always there, and always new." Hermann Hesse said it in Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

"Er sah: dies Wasser lief und lief, immerzu lief es, und war doch immer da, war immer und allezeit dasselbe und doch jeden Augenblick neu"

Original German, Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman. Text read at gutenberg.org.

Who said it

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962). German-Swiss novelist. Siddhartha (1922) tells of a young man in the Buddha's India who learns more from a river than from any teacher.

Questions

What does "The water ran and ran, and was always there, and always new." mean?

Siddhartha sits by the river and sees it is always leaving and always present. Life is the same: constant change inside a steady whole. Watch moving water and you will see it.

Who said "The water ran and ran, and was always there, and always new."?

Hermann Hesse (1877–1962). Source: Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman.

What is the original German?

Er sah: dies Wasser lief und lief, immerzu lief es, und war doch immer da, war immer und allezeit dasselbe und doch jeden Augenblick neu. Translated from the original German by Spartan Surfers.

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"The water ran and ran, and was always there, and always new." (Hermann Hesse, Siddhartha (1922), The Ferryman, translated by Spartan Surfers). https://spartansurfers.com/quotes/the-water-ran-and-ran-and-was-always