Three Heine Poems
Ich glaub nicht an den Himmel I don’t believe in Heaven, Whose peace the preacher cites: I only trust your eyes now, They’re my heavenly...
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- Sep 11
- 3 min
The Ring of Polycrates by Friedrich Schiller
Listen to the Ring of Polycrates here He stood on the ancient battlements, Proudly gazing from the parapets On Samos, over which he...
Translation
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Rapture by Stefan George
Rapture I feel another planet's air. So faded are these faces in the dark That had turned to me in care. And the trees and paths I loved...
Translation
- Aug 6
- 3 min
The Veiled Image at Sais by Friedrich Schiller
Listen to the poem here Struck by a burning thirst for knowledge, a youth Travelled through ancient Egyptian lands —to Sais—to breach the...
Translation
- Jul 14
- 26 min
Vie de Beethoven II
Vie de Beethoven” by Romain Rolland was published for the first time in January 1903. Translation was done by Diana Stockwell in January...
Translation
- Jul 2
- 25 min
Vie de Beethoven
Vie de Beethoven” by Romain Rolland was published for the first time in January 1903. Translation was done by Diana Stockwell in January...
Translation
- May 5
- 2 min
"Im Fruhling" Set by Franz Schubert
I sit here lonely on a hill Where skies are clear and blue; The sunset casts a glowing veil Over the deep and tranquil dale— I used to...
Translation
- May 1
- 1 min
May Song by Johann Wolfgang Goethe
How brightly nature Shines this morning! See the glowing sun! Hear the fields sing! The fragrant buds burst From each green frond! A...
By David B. Gosselin
- Apr 20
- 12 min
C.S. Lewis’ “Weight of Glory”: Longing in the Poets, Composers & Theologians
C.S. Lewis famously discussed the role of the eternal “longing” found in each mortal human being. Lewis referred to this longing using a...
Translation
- Feb 9
- 1 min
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...
Translation
- 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...
Translation
- 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....
Translation
- 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...
Translation
- 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,...
Translation
- 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...
Translation
- 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...
Translation
- 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....
Translation
- 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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