Hymns to the NightNovalis (1772 – 1801) was a poet, mystic, an.docxwilcockiris
Hymns to the Night
Novalis (1772 – 1801) was a poet, mystic, and philosopher. He was influenced by German Idealism, especially the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and became one of the great poets of German Romanticism.
He developed the spiritual symbol of the Blue Flower, an integral part of his ‘religion of love.’ Appearing for the first time in his unfinished novel, Henry von Ofterdingen, the Blue Flower represents man’s longing for heaven.
His first major work, Hymns to the Night, was written upon the death of his beloved fiancee Sophie, who died of tuberculosis when she was fifteen years old.
HYMNS TO THE NIGHT (translated by George MacDonald)
I.
Before all the wondrous shows of the widespread space around him, what living, sentient thing loves not the all-joyous light, with its colors, its rays and undulations, its gentle omnipresence in the form of the wakening Day? The giant-world of the unresting constellations inhales it as the innermost soul of life, and floats dancing in its azure flood; the sparkling, ever-tranquil stone, the thoughtful, imbibing plant, and the wild, burning multiform beast inhales it; but more than all, the lordly stranger with the sense-filled eyes, the swaying walk, and the sweetly closed, melodious lips. Like a king over earthly nature, it rouses every force to countless transformations, binds and unbinds innumerable alliances, hangs its heavenly form around every earthly substance. Its presence alone reveals the marvelous splendor of the kingdoms of the world.
Aside I turn to the holy, unspeakable, mysterious Night. Afar lies the world, sunk in a deep grave; waste and lonely is its place. In the chords of the bosom blows a deep sadness. I am ready to sink away in drops of dew, and mingle with the ashes.-- The distances of memory, the wishes of youth, the dreams of childhood, the brief joys and vain hopes of a whole long life, arise in gray garments, like an evening vapor after the sunset. In other regions the light has pitched its joyous tents. What if it should never return to its children, who wait for it with the faith of innocence?
What springs up all at once so sweetly boding in my heart, and stills the soft air of sadness? Dost thou also take a pleasure in us, dark Night? What holdest thou under thy mantle, that with hidden power affects my soul? Precious balm drips from thy hand out of its bundle of poppies. Thou upliftest the heavy-laden wings of the soul. Darkly and inexpressibly are we moved: joy-startled, I see a grave face that, tender and worshipful, inclines toward me, and, amid manifold entangled locks, reveals the youthful loveliness of the Mother. How poor and childish a thing seems to me now the Light! how joyous and welcome the departure of the day!-- Didst thou not only therefore, because the Night turns away from thee thy servants, you now strew in the gulfs of space those flashing globes, to proclaim, in seasons of thy absence, thy omnipotence, and thy return?
More heaven.
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1. UNITED TOGETHER
A world laden with overwhelming prosperity; touching the hearts of all living
organisms alike,
A world of ubiquitous equality; disseminating the message of perpetual love in every
corner submerged with ghastly darkness,
A world of insurmountably transparent simplicity; with all organisms candidly
divulging the inner most feelings of their hearts,
A world of celestial unity; with the drooping; the poor; and the stinkingly rich;
marching ahead; shoulder to shoulder,
A world of ravishing titillation; with romance being the cardinal savior under milky
beams of majestic moonlight,
A world of uninhibited expression; with nobody being a slave of spuriously
bombastic aristocracy,
A world of vivacious color and charisma; with each individual deluging the
atmosphere; with an astounding repertoire of gifted talents,
A world of jubilant laugher and cheer; with children and the old; fulminating into a
cloud of invincible happiness; alike,
A world of irrefutable altruism; with each entity contributing its best; towards the
benign service of philanthropic mankind,
A world of symbiotic relationship; with people embracing each other; in times of
exuberant joy; as well as disparagingly crippling pain,
A world of bountiful progress; with the amalgamated efforts of all tribes combined;
yielding the sweetest fruits of magical success,
A world of pacific calm; with each living being harboring peace and goodwill in his
soul; to blend wholesomely with the divine,
A world of mesmerizing beauty; with the untamed wilderness of the forests;
proliferating into a fountain of newness; every unveiling second,
A world of impregnable security; with no child ever being orphaned; immaculately
sleeping for centuries immemorial; in the lap of its sacrosanct mother,
2. A world of perennial goodwill; with each human ardently wishing the best for his
fellow counterpart in inexplicable misery,
A world of marvelous mysticism; with every unfurling path; blossoming into a
voluptuously enticing chapter of existence,
A world of friendship and eternal peace; healing the most horrifically gory wounds;
with the balm of unconquerable camaraderie,
And a world of immortally passionate love; profusely bonding the beats of tangible
existence; for infinite births more; till the Creator bestowed life upon earth,
Is what I have always desired since the time I inhaled my very first breath; and
although I indefatigably pray all night and day; to the Almighty lord,
Believe me; it can wholesomely manifest into an unshakable reality; with me; you and
all of us on this colossal planet; united together .
