Was irdisch ist, gehört der Erde;
Das Heilige gehört dem Himmel an. -
Sein werd' ich, weil ich bin. Triumphgesang, erschalle!
Erschalle [tief]1 in die Unendlichkeit hinein,
Daß [aus der Tiefe laut dein]2 Jubel wiederhalle!
[Triumph]3! ich bin; und darum werd' ich sein!

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¹ Himmel: "weit"
² Himmel: "von den Sonnen laut mein"
³ This word omitted by Himmel.

Text Authorship:

• by Christoph August Tiedge (1752 - 1841), appears in Urania, in Vierter Gesang (Unsterblichkeit) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by Friedrich Heinrich Himmel (1765 - 1814), "Die Blume neigt ihr Haupt", 1814, published 1880, from Gesänge aus Tiedge's Urania, no. 12.
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