An die Freude!

Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter of Elysium,
We approach fire-drunk,
Heavenly One, your shrine.
Your magic reunites
What custom sternly divides;
All people become brothers
Where your gentle wing alights.

-- Friedrich Schiller, with modifications by Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op. 125

[ 22 May 2006 12:30 am submitted by Unknown ]