[lit-ideas] Re: Schadenfreude
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- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 10:46:27 +0100
On 25-Feb-09, at 1:52 AM, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
There are only two hits in the OED for 'freude': the schadenfreude
one and a few under 'strength
through joy [freude]' (1935)
That's terrible! Rewrite the thing immediately! How about that over
200 year-old scrap of poetry 'An die Freude'- not wholly unknown in
the English world I think, after being set to a catchy tune (with
intro left in as an admonition to the editors of the OED):
Oh friends, not these tones!
Let us raise our voices in more
pleasing and more joyful sounds!
Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter of Elysium,
We enter fire imbibed,
Heavenly, thy sanctuary.
Thy magic reunites those
Whom stern custom has parted;
All men will become brothers
Under thy gentle wing.
May he who has had the fortune
To gain a true friend
And he who has won a noble wife
Join in our jubilation!
Yes, even if he calls but one soul
His own in all the world.
But he who has failed in this
Must steal away alone and in tears.
All the world's creatures
Draw joy from nature's breast;
Both the good and the evil
Follow her rose-strewn path.
She gave us kisses and wine
And a friend loyal unto death;
She gave lust for life to the lowliest,
And the Cherub stands before God.
Joyously, as his suns speed
Through Heaven's glorious order,
Hasten, Brothers, on your way,
Exulting as a knight in victory.
Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter of Elysium,
We enter fire imbibed,
Heavenly, thy sanctuary.
Be embraced, Millions!
This kiss for all the world!
... etc. etc.
Chris Bruce,
letting Adele Addison, Jane Hobson, Richard Lewis & Donal Bell with
George Szell & the Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus rattle the walls with
it,
in Kiel, Germany
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