You have a head and a heart? Reveal only one of them, I say; If you reveal both at once, doubly they'll damn you, for both.
Friedrich Hölderlinwhen i was a boy
a god often rescued me
from the shouts and the rods of men
and i played among trees and flowers
secure in their kindness
and the breezes of heaven
were playing there too.
and as you delight
the hearts of plants
when they stretch towards you
with little strength
so you delighted the heart in me
father Helios, and like Endymion
i was your favourite,
Moon. o all
you friendly
and faithful gods
i wish you could know
how my soul has loved you.
even though when i called to you then
it was not yet with names, and you
never named me as people do
as though they knew one another
i knew you better
than i have ever known them.
i understood the stillness above the sky
but never the words of men.
trees were my teachers
melodious trees
and i learned to love
among flowers.
i grew up in the arms of the gods.
For our generation walks as in Hades, without the divine.
Friedrich HölderlinTags: poetry
Ja, vergiß nur, daß es Menschen gibt, darbendes, angefochtenes, tausendfach geärgertes Herz! und kehre wieder dahin, wo du ausgingst, in die Arme der Natur, der wandellosen, stillen und schönen.
Friedrich HölderlinI grew up in the arms of the gods.
Friedrich HölderlinDenn sie, die uns das himmlische Feuer leihen, die Götter, schenken heiliges Leid uns auch.
Friedrich HölderlinBut where the danger is, also grows the saving power.
Friedrich HölderlinFor the mindful god does detest untimely growth.
Friedrich HölderlinHield mij aan't leven der mensen dit hart maar niet meer gebonden,
dat van liefde niet aflaat, hoe graag zou ik mét u hier wonen!
Isn’t everything alive already in your blood?
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