Kinder, eilet in's Leben hinan!
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
In der Schönheit reinem Gewande
Begegne euch die Liebe mit himmlischen Blick
Und dem Kranz der Unsterblichkeit!
Auf! wir kehren in’s Leben zurück! Auf!
Children! Hasten into life!
English translation ©
Richard Stokes
In the pure garments of beauty
May love greet you with a heavenly glance
And garland you with immortality!
Arise! We must return to life! Arise!
Translations by Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)
Kinder, eilet in's Leben hinan!
German source:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Children! Hasten into life!
English source:
Richard Stokes
Kinder! Eilet in’s Leben hinan!
Children! Hasten into life!
In der Schönheit reinem Gewande
In the pure garments of beauty
Begegne euch die Liebe mit himmlischen Blick
May love greet you with a heavenly glance
Und dem Kranz der Unsterblichkeit!
And garland you with immortality!
Auf! wir kehren in’s Leben zurück! Auf!
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…