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Ich kann hier nicht singen Aus dieser Mauern dunklen Ringen Muß ich mich schwingen Vor Lust und tiefem Weh. O Freud, in klarer Höh Zu sinken und sich zu heben In Gesang Über die gründe Erde dahin zu schweben, Wie unten die licht' und dunklen Streifen Wechselnd im Fluge vorüberschweifen, Aus der Tiefe ein Wirren und Rauschen und Hämmern, Die Erde aufschimmernd im Frühlingsdämmern, Wie ist die Welt so voller Klang! Herz, was bist du bang? Mußt aufwärts dringen! Die Sinne tritt hervor, Wie glänzen mir Brust und Schwingen, Wie still und weit ist's droben am Himmelstor.
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I cannot sing here, Out of the dark struggles within these walls I must raise myself up From passion and deep misery. O joy, within the clear heights To plunge downward and to rise With song To glide above earth’s lands As light and dark streaks below Fluctuate while soaring in flight, From the depths a clashing and rustling and throbbing, The earth incandescent in the dawn of spring, How full of sound is the world! Heart, why are you afraid? You must urge yourself upward! The senses expand, How my breast and wings gleam, How silent and vast it is at the gates of heaven.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-06
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