Der Tod das ist die kühle Nacht by Heinrich Heine
Death is the cooling night, Life is the sultry day. But now darkness settles And I long for respite. Outside my window there looms a...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 1 min
"Light and Warmth" by Friedrich Schiller
The better soul enters the world With faith placed in the Good within, He yearns to see the same unfurled Without, and vanquish every...
Translation
- Nov 4, 2022
- 4 min
The Legend of the Pariah
The Pariah’s Prayer Great lord Brahma, lord of spirits, From whom all life traces its seed; Standing at creation’s summits, Was your will...
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- Oct 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Feast of Belshazzar by Heinrich Heine
The midnight hour had fallen on The hushed city of Babylon. And yet within its castle walls The vassals thronged throughout the halls....
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- Sep 22, 2022
- 2 min
Legend of the Horseshoe by Wolfgang Goethe
When Jesus Christ still walked over the Earth, Outcast, and not yet known by holy birth, Though followed by many an eager youth Who...
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- Aug 28, 2022
- 2 min
Von ewiger Liebe (Eternal Love) Set by Brahms
So dark, so dark the willow forests loom; The skies are wintered and the evening hushed. Now neither shroud nor light nor vapors rise,...
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- Jun 18, 2022
- 2 min
Longing by Friedrich Schiller
If I could escape this valley Where the gloomy vapors creep, By some wonder finally flee, My soul would blessedly weep! Gazing upon this...
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- May 19, 2022
- 1 min
The King of Thule by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
A king once lived in Thule, Faithful until the grave, To whom his dying mistress A golden goblet gave. Nothing was dearer to him— He...
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- Mar 14, 2022
- 1 min
Thekla's Song by Friedrich Schiller
This song was composed by Schiller in response to inquiries about the fate of his character Thekla in his tragedy, Wallenstein’s Death....
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- Mar 3, 2022
- 2 min
The Pilgrim by Friedrich Schiller
It was in the midst of life’s Spring: when I took to the road, Leaving behind youth’s dances And my family’s abode. In good faith, I cast...
Translation
- Feb 8, 2022
- 1 min
Divinity by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Let all men be good, Noble and giving. For, that alone Distinguishes them From other beings Known in this world. Hail to the unknown...
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- Jan 30, 2022
- 1 min
To a Young Friend (As He Dedicates Himself to Philosophy) by Friedrich Schiller
The young Greek had to vanquish many daring trials Before he could be welcomed in the Eleusian house. Are you matured enough to enter the...
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- Nov 21, 2021
- 2 min
The Ring of Polycrates by Friedrich Schiller
He stood on the ancient battlements, Proudly gazing from the parapets On Samos, over which he reigned. “This realm bends beneath my iron...
By Rosa Tennenbaum
- Nov 13, 2021
- 23 min
1797, The"Year of the Ballad"—In the Poets’ Workshop
The year is 1797. Eight years after the beginning of the French Revolution, all hopes which had initially been placed in this uprising...
Translation
- Oct 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
With the old magician Gone once more away, Let my own ambition Make his wraiths obey. Carefully I noted His every word and sign. My will...
Translation
- Oct 1, 2021
- 1 min
Human Limitations by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
When the almighty Father of all things, Using his steady hand, Calmly unleashed his shafts Of lightning through the world, Scattering on...
Translation
- Aug 13, 2021
- 1 min
Auf dem Wasser zu singen Set by Franz Schubert
Over the glistening waves of distant seas Travels, swan-like, a humble bark. Along the waters an old soul as well Glides like a ship...
Translation
- Aug 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Rain Song Set by Brahms
Fall rain, fall upon this old world, And wake deep inside me the dreams That I dreamt when I was a child, When rain would wet the golden...
Translation
- Jul 30, 2021
- 5 min
The Bride of Corinth (1797) by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
There once descended a youth from Athens Into a dreamy Corinthian town; He was eager to meet new family, friends, And his luscious bride...
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- Jul 25, 2021
- 6 min
The Gods of Greece by Friedrich Schiller
We present the full uncensored version of Friedrich Schiller's "The Gods of Greece" translated into English for the first time. Because...
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