when the spring comes in with its bright sun-light, then joyously flowerets blossom and sprout
when the moon on her radiant course sets out, then the stars swim after her through the night.
and when the bard looks into two clear eyes, then lyrics from his inmost soul arise.
but lyrics and stars and flowerets bright, and clear eyes and moonbeam and warm sunlight,
However delightful we think they are , Do not make up a wholesome world, by far.
when November winds are stripping bare the forests worn and weary.
as we drew towards the boundary i felt my pulses leaping
within my bosom for delight; i think i started weeping.
and when i heard the German tongue, 'Twas with such curious gladness
i seemed to feel my heart's blood ebb Without regret or sadness.
a little maiden with a harp Entuned a common ditty
the voice was false; but the pathos true; it touched my heart to pity.
she sang our mortal vale of tears, the joys that end in sadness,
she sang of love and lovers' woes, of loss, and fates that sever,
of meetings in a better land where grief is purged for ever.
the world where souls, redeemed at last, Attain eternal gladness.
she sang the epopee of heaven, the song of lost and sighing,
with which they lull the populace, Big booby! when it's crying.
i know the song, the text and the men who wrote the song, and taught her;
i know that in private they drank their wine, And preached in public water.
i will write you a new , a sweeter song; you shall sing it without a quaver;
we will build the kingdom of heaven on earth 'Tis a better plan and a braver.
we shall then be happy and starve no more: We whom the earth was spoiled for;
No longer shall lazy bellies waste what busy hands have toiled for.
oh, here below there's not only food in abundance for every comer,
but beauty and pleasure and lollipops, And the myrtle and rose of summer.
the sugar plums, as soon as they're ripe, shall to each and all be given,
and angels and sparrows may have our share of the vague delights of heaven.
And lo! as the early mist dissolved, And the morning red flamed o'er me,
the form of the man who was crucified Appeared on the path before me.
the sight of you always makes me sad, Unhappy kinsman and dreamer
Poor fool, who wanted to save the world and be mankind's Redeemer!
O evilly they entreated you, those mighty lords of Jewry!
but why did you speak of church and state so regardless of their fury!
Alas! that the art of printing books to the world had not been given!
if it had! only to air your views on the things of heaven.
A censor would then have excised any blame of out earth, and avoided friction.
Yes a careful and loving censorship would have saved you from crucifixion.
Had you preached but your sermon on the mount from a text of a different bias!
You had genius and talent enough to know that one ought to spare the pious!
From the temple with whips you even chased the bankers and money-changers.
Ans now, poor dreamer! You hang on the cross, a warning from all such dangers.
1 (there’s a ratrace going on for the treasures of this planet)
2 (it is an eternal struggle and each one is stealing on it’s own!)
3 (yes! The legacy of mankind-will be prey of individuals!)
4 (and rightful property he callsit than!)
5 (assets!)
6 (rightful property! Or better thievery! Or better falsehood! )
7 (such a blend of guile and nonsense! Could only be invented by man! )
8 (they frefer to care more about their assets but the fate of mankind!)
9 (they send their paper ship down the gutter called life!)
10 (…and don’t care much for the sailor-who’s fighting the waves on the open sea)
11 (or they climb-kissing up, kicking down, a mayors office, or the presidency of their club)
12 (and maybe they recount, that in their early days…)
13 (….they also wanted to break the wall. But than propitiated with the wall )
14 (because the wall is what it is! The wall is absolute! Simple pure being)
15 (while the wall is the most reasonable structure, those act unreasonable who say…)
16 (…that this reasonable, irrebuttable, absolutistic wall… is something they… )
17 (…cannot stand anymore!)