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{{Short description|German theologian}}
Magister '''Martinus von Biberach''' ({{IPA|de|fɔn ˈbiːbəʀax|lang|Martinus von Biberach.ogg}}; died 1498) was a [[theologian]] from [[Heilbronn]], [[Germany]]. He is mostly remembered because of a [[priamel]] that has allegedly been his [[epitaph]].
==Epitaph==
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{{lang|de|Ich leb und ich waiß nit, wie lang
Ich stirb und waiß nit wann
Ich far und waiß nit, wahin
Mich wundert, daß ich froelich bin.}}
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I live and don't know how long,
I'll die and don't know when,
I am going and don't know where,
I wonder that I am happy.}}
==Reception==
While the attribution of the poem to Biberach is controversial, it has been cited and modified widely. [[Martin Luther]] in particular took issue with it, offering a contrary version in a [[sermon]] on John 8:46-59 for [[Judica Sunday]]: ''Ich lebe, so lang Gott will, / ich sterbe, wann und wie Gott will, / ich fahr und weiß gewiß, wohin, / mich wundert, daß ich traurig bin!''<ref>''I am living as long God wants, / I'll die when and how God wants, / I am going and certainly know where,<br />I wonder that I am sad. ''Martin Luther, Gesammelte Werke, hg. von Kurt Aland, Bd. 8, S. 153 = Weimarer Ausgabe Bd. 37, S. 328 f.</ref>
==Notes==
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==Further reading==
* Gerd Dicke: ''Mich wundert, das ich so fröhlich bin. Ein Spruch in Gebrauch'', In: Kleinstformen der Literatur, hg. v. Walter Haug u. Burghart Wachinger, Tübingen 1994 (Fortuna vitrea 14), S._56-90. {{ISBN|3-484-15514-0}} ISSN 0938-9660
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[[Category:German poets]]
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[[Category:German male poets]]
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