In euch lebe die bildende Kraft
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Die, das Schönste, das Höchste,
hinauf über die Sterne das Leben trägt.
Schaut hinan!
mit den Augen des Geistes hinan!
Aber ach ! wir vermissen sie hier,
In den Gärten wandelt sie nicht;
sammelt der Wiese Blumen nicht mehr.
Lasst uns weinen, wir lassen sie hier!
Let creative power live long in you
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
The power – the highest and most beautiful,
Which bore life out beyond the stars.
Look yonder!
Yonder with the eyes of the spirit!
But alas, we see her not here,
She does not walk in the garden;
She no longer gathers the flowers of the field.
Let us weep! Let us leave her here.
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
In euch lebe die bildende Kraft
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Let creative power live long in you
English source:
Richard Stokes
In euch lebe die bildende Kraft,
Let creative power live long in you,
Die, das Schönste, das Höchste,
The power – the highest and most beautiful,
hinauf über die Sterne das Leben trägt.
Which bore life out beyond the stars.
Schaut hinan!
Look yonder!
mit den Augen des Geistes hinan!
Yonder with the eyes of the spirit!
Aber ach ! wir vermissen sie hier,
But alas, we see her not here,
In den Gärten wandelt sie nicht;
She does not walk in the garden;
sammelt der Wiese Blumen nicht mehr.
She no longer gathers the flowers of the field.
Lasst uns weinen, wir lassen sie hier!
Let us weep! Let us leave her here.
Composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann was a German composer and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career as a virtuoso pianist. He had been assured…
Poet
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang Goethe was a German writer and statesman. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry written in a variety of metres and styles; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on…