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Freunde, weihet den Pokal Jener fremden Menschenwelt, Die an gleichem Sonnenstrahl Sich erhellt, gesellt, gefällt; Glück den lieben unbekannten Lichtgesandten Herzverwandten, Deren Augen [übergehen]1, Wenn sie in die Sonne [sehen]2. --
Confirmed with Ludwig Achim's von Arnim Sämmtliche Werke, Zweiundzwanzigster Band, Nachlaß : Sechster Band, Gedichte von Ludwig Achim von Arnim, Erster Band, Weimar, Verlag von L. F. A. Kühn, 1856, page 75.
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Friends, consecrate the goblet to that foreign world of mankind, Which, by the same ray of sunshine as we are, is illuminated, joined, pleased; Drink to the happiness of beloved strangers, Ambassadors of light, relatives of the heart, Whose eyes also overflow with tears When they look into the sun.
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