Was suchst du unter dir im Staube
Language: German (Deutsch)
"Was suchst du unter dir im Staube
Nach Früchten, o du thöricht Kind,
Die herb, zertreten und zum Raube
Dem kriechenden Gewürme sind?
Blick aufwärts nach dem frischen Laube,
Da glühn sie voll und reif und lind!" --
Da kann ich nicht hinauf! -- "Du blöder Thor!
Den Vater ruf, so hebt er dich empor!" --
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Confirmed with Geistliche Gedichte von Friedrich Baron de la Motte Fouqué, herausgegeben von Albertine Baronin de la Motte Fouqué, Berlin: bei W. Adolf und Comp., 1846, page 50
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Why do you seek beneath you in the dust
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
"Why do you seek beneath you in the dust
For fruits, oh you foolish child,
[Fruits] that, bitter and trampled, have become
The booty of creeping worms?
Gaze upward to the fresh foliage,
There they glow, lush and ripe and beautiful!" --
But I cannot get up there! -- "You silly fool!
Call your father, then he shall lift you up!" --
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