Die höchste Glückseligkeit
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Wie erhöht, Weltherrscher,
Deine Bewundrung den Geist des Staubs!
Denket er dich, Herrlicher, welche Gefühl
Flammt in ihm! welcher Gedank' hebt ihn, denket er dich!
Ist ein Mensch glückselig?
Einer der Waller am Grabe das?
Du, der es ist, rede, dich frag' ich allein:
Nennest du, würdigest du etwas Seligkeit dann,
In dem Staub' hier unten,
Dann noch zu nennen, wenn Gottes Wink
Wonnegefühl seiner Vollkommenheit dir
Sendet, du freudig erschrickst über Gott, wie im Traum,
Vor dem Anschaun selig?
Flüge durch Welten? Ein Freund zu sein
Derer, die schon Ewigkeit hinter sich sehn,
Dachten und thaten --- Es ist nur Glückseligkeit auch.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Die höchste Glückseligkeit", published 1794, stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ], in Lieder in Musik gesetzt, Erste Sammlung, Zürich, Verlag des Verfassers
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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Ruler of the world, how does
Adulation of Thee elevate the spirit of the dust!
If he thinks on Thee, Glorious One, what feelings
Flame within him! what thoughts elevate him, if he thinks on Thee!
Is a man blissfully happy?
Is a pilgrim at the grave that?
You, who are happy, speak; I ask only you:
Do you then still call anything, do you judge anything as felicity
In the dust down here,
When God's sign
Sends you the blissful awareness of His perfection
And you are joyfully startled at the thought of God, as in a dream,
in the beholding?
Would you fly through worlds? A friend to be
Of those, who already see eternity behind them,
Thought, and acted -- It is only felicity as well.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-4 of the original text.
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