What others said about Arabic Read in the original
“Who would wish to stand aside? Whom do its beauty, its euphony, its unique charm not overpower? Even the neighbours fall under its spell, as the Spanish bishops bitterly complain. How much more willingly do the non-Muslim subjects let themselves be swept along by the general current! Coptic dies out. Aramaic, the language of Christ, gives way for ever to the language of Muhammad.”
Original text — German
In Arabic
Source
The version in circulation
كيف يستطيع الإنسان أن يقاوم جمالَ هذه اللغة ومنطقَها السليم وسحرَها الفريد؟ فجيرانُ العرب أنفسهم في البلدان التي فتحوها سقطوا صرعى سحر تلك اللغة… حتّى إنّ اللغة القبطيّة مثلاً ماتت تماماً، بل إنّ اللغة الآراميّة لغةَ المسيح قد تخلّت إلى الأبد عن مركزها لتحتلّ مكانها لغةُ محمّد.
How it differs from the original: "Its sound logic" is not in the original, which has "euphony"; her "neighbours" are the neighbours of the Muslim world, not the conquered; "Coptic dies out" became "died completely".
Read in the 1965 edition revised by the author; the well-known Arabic translation was made from the first edition (1960).
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