Deliverance is not for me in...
Language: English after the Bangla (Bengali)
Deliverance is not for me in renunciation.
I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.
Thou ever pourest for me
the fresh draught of thy wine of various colours and fragrance,
filling this earthen vessel to the brim.
My world will light its hundred different lamps with thy flame
and place them before the altar of thy temple.
No, I will never shut the doors of my senses.
The delights of sight and hearing and touch
will bear thy delight.
Yes, all my illusions will burn into illumination of joy,
and all my desires ripen into fruits of love.
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- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Verzicht befreit mich nicht
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Verzicht befreit mich nicht.
In tausend Fesseln alles Sinnlichen erspüre ich, dass Freiheit mich umarmt.
Du schenkst mir immerfort aus
deinen frischen Wein an Farben reich und Düften,
füllst dieses irdene Gefäß zum Rand.
An deinem Lichte werden hunderterlei Lampen meiner Welt entzündet,
auf dass sie am Altare deines Tempels brennen.
Nein, nie werd’ ich die Pforten meiner Sinne schließen.
Die Wonnen meines Sehens, Hörens, Fühlens,
sie werden dir zur Wonne sein.
Und alles, was ich mir einbilde, wird freudige Erleuchtung mir,
all mein Begehren wird zur Frucht der Liebe reifen.
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-02
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