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Old May 9, 2009 | 6:11 am
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Originally Posted by tfar
The following is a verse from Heinrich Heine's "Deutschland, Ein Wintermärchen". It is taken from Caput II. Below is a link to the full version with some comments.

Ye fools, who turn my boxes out,
There's nothing there forbidden;
The contraband I travel with,
In my head is safely hidden!

http://helios.hampshire.edu/~jjwSS/p...oem/cap02.html

In German:

Ihr Toren, die ihr im Koffer sucht!
Hier werdet ihr nichts entdecken!
Die Konterbande, die mit mir reist,
Die hab ich im Kopfe stecken.

http://gutenberg.spiegel.de/?id=5&xi...c7b42#gb_found

Use on your own risk. If the "douanier" is well-read he/she should let you go.

Till
I understand "douanier" and "well-read", but the juxtaposition has me flummoxed.
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