Ode an die Freude

Friedrich Schiller 1759 (Marbach am Neckar) – 1805 (Weimar)



O Freunde, nicht diese Tone!
Sondern lasst uns angenehmere anstimmen
Und freudenvollere!

Freude schoner Gotterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmliche dein Heiligtum!
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode Streng geteilt;
Alle Menschen werden Bruder,
Wo dein sanfter Flugel weilt

Wem der gross e Wurf gelungen,
Eines Freundes Freund zu sein,
Wer ein holdes Weib errungen,
Mische seinen Jubel ein!
Ja, wer auch nur eine Seele
Sein nennt auf dem Erdenrund!
Und wer's nie gekonnt, der stehle
Weinend sich aus diesem Bund

Freude trinken alle Wesen
An den Bursten der Natur;
Alle Guten, alle Bosen
Folgen ihrer Rosenspur
Kusse gab sie uns und Reben,
Einen Freund, gepruft im Tod;
Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben,
Und der Cherub steht vor Gott!

Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels pracht'gen Plan,
Laufet, Bruder, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen

Seid umschlungen, Millionen
Diesen Kuss der ganzen Welt!
Bruder! Uber'm Sternenzelt
Muss ein lieber Vater wohnen
Ihr sturzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schopfer, Welt?
Such' ihn uber'm Sternenzelt!
Uber Sternen muss er wohnen

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AAB ACACBDBD AEAEFDFD ABABADAD AGGA ADDAADDA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,128
Words 178
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 8, 8, 8, 4, 8

Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller was a German poet philosopher historian and playwright During the last seventeen years of his life Schiller struck up a productive if complicated friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe with whom he frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics and encouraged Goethe to finish works he left merely as sketches this relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism They also worked together on Die Xenien The Xenies a collection of short but harshly satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe verbally attacked those persons they perceived to be enemies of their aesthetic agenda. more…

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