<P> Schiller wrote the first version of the poem when he was staying in Gohlis, Leipzig . In the year 1785 from the beginning of May till mid September, he stayed with his publisher Georg Joachim Göschen in Leipzig and wrote "An die Freude" along with his play Don Carlos . </P> <P> Schiller later made some revisions to the poem which was then republished posthumously in 1808, and it was this latter version that forms the basis for Beethoven's setting . Despite the lasting popularity of the ode, Schiller himself regarded it as a failure later in his life, going so far as to call it "detached from reality" and "of value maybe for us two, but not for the world, nor for the art of poetry" in an 1800 letter to his long - time friend and patron Christian Gottfried Körner (whose friendship had originally inspired him to write the ode). </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> "An die Freude" </Th> <Th> "Ode to Joy" </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> <P> Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum! Deine Zauber binden wieder Was die Mode streng geteilt *; Alle Menschen werden Brüder * Wo dein sanfter Flügel weilt . Wem der große 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 Brüsten der Natur; Alle Guten, alle Bösen Folgen ihrer Rosenspur . Küsse gab sie uns und Reben, Einen Freund, geprüft im Tod; Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben und der Cherub steht vor Gott . Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen Durch des Himmels prächt'gen Plan Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn, Freudig, wie ein Held zum siegen . Seid umschlungen, Millionen! Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt! Brüder, über'm Sternenzelt Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen . Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen? Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt? Such' ihn über'm Sternenzelt! Über Sternen muß er wohnen . </P> </Td> <Td> <P> Joy, beautiful spark of Divinity, Daughter from Elysium, We enter, drunk with fire, Heavenly One, thy sanctuary! Your magic binds again What convention strictly divides;* All people become brothers, * Where your gentle wing abides . Who has succeeded in the great attempt, To be a friend's friend, Whoever has won a lovely woman, Add his to the jubilation! Indeed, who calls even one soul Theirs upon this world! And whoever never managed, shall steal himself Weeping away from this union! All creatures drink of joy At nature's breast . Just and unjust Alike taste of her gift; She gave us kisses and the fruit of the vine, A tried friend to the end . (Even) the worm has been granted sensuality, And the cherub stands before God! Gladly, as His heavenly bodies fly On their courses through the heavens, Thus, brothers, you should run your race, Joyful, like a hero going to conquest . You millions, be embraced . This kiss is for all the world! Brothers, above the starry canopy There must dwell a loving Father . Do you fall in worship, you millions? World, do you know your creator? Seek him in the heavens Above the stars must He dwell . </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> "An die Freude" </Th> <Th> "Ode to Joy" </Th> </Tr>

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