Twelve Moods
GA 40
The Planet Dance
The sunlight is gleaming—
What carries its beaming
to crystal and flower
so far down below?The soul has been drifting—
Who yearns for uplifting,
from faith to the power
of vision to grow?Seek, soul, to be seeing
in stones the light fleeing,
in blossoms its bower,—
yourself you shall know.The heavens are bluing—
What aims are pursuing,
what secrets out-sending
expanses blue-pearled?The spirit is waking—
What strength is in making,
what will is unbending,
what shining unfurled?So, spirit, be guiding,
remote still abiding,
to vision unending,—
you find all the world.The starlight is dancing—
What radiance entrancing,
the centre unsealing,
is sent from afar?And men are still questing—
They strive, never resting,
and anxiously feeling,
to know who they are?So man, be expanding
your soul's understanding,
your essence revealing,—
you find your own star.The night is unfolding—
What beings are moulding,
in infinite spacing,
of nothing—sheer weight?The universe trembles—
What breathing dissembles,
in darkness embracing
mysterious fate?The spirit inspiring
is thirsting, is firing,
with worlds interlacing,
small beings and great.
Planetentanz
Es leuchtet die Sonne—
Was traget ihr Strahlen
Zu Blüten und Steinen
So machtvoll daher?Es webet die Seele—
Was hebet das Leben
Aus Glauben zum Schauen
So sehnend hinauf?O suche, du Seele,
In Steinen den Strahl,
In Blüten das Licht—
Du findest dich selbst.Es blauet der Himmel—
Was sendet die Tiefe
Aus Fernen zur Erde
Geheimnisvoll her?Es wirket der Geist—
Was schaffet der Starke
Aus wollendem Sein
Zur scheinenden Kraft?So lenke, o Geist,
Zur Ferne den Blick,
Zur Tiefe dich selbst—
Du findest die Welt.Es funkeln die Sterne—
Was breitet das Glänzen
Aus Weiten zur Mitte
Enthüllend daher?Es fraget der Mensch—
Was rätselt im Innern
Aus bänglichem Streben
Zum Wissen sich hin?So lenke, du Mensch,
Zur Weite dich selbst,
Zur Mitte das Sein—
Du findest den Geist.Es waltet die Nacht—
Was dämpfet die Wesen
Im endlosen Raum
Zu lastendem Nichts?Es weset das All—
Was waltet, sich hüllend
Im Dunkel der Gründe,
Verborgen atmend?Es ahnet des Geistes
Erbrennendes Dursten
In Welten die Wesen,
In Wesen die Welten.
The Planet Dance
The sun shines—
What do its rays bring
To blossoms and stones
So powerful?The soul weaves—
What lifts life
From faith to seeing
So longingly upward?O seek, you soul,
In stones the ray,
In blossoms the light—
You will find yourself.The sky is blue—
What sends the depths
From afar to the earth
Mysteriously?The spirit works—
What does the strong one create
From woolly being
To shining power?So direct, O spirit,
Your gaze to the distance,
Toward the depths yourself—
You will find the world.The stars are twinkling—
What spreads the shining
From the distances to the center
Revealing itself?Man asks—
What puzzles within
From anxious striving
Towards knowledge?So direct yourself, human,
Towards the vastness,
Towards the center of being—
You will find the spirit.The night reigns—
What dampens beings
In endless space
Towards oppressive nothingness?There is the universe—
What reigns, enveloping itself
In the darkness of reasons,
Breathing hidden?It senses the spirit's
Burning thirst
In worlds the beings,
In beings the worlds.