Sweets America
12-31-2007, 10:14 AM
I am sure I have already seen a thread like that around here. (and no, it was not last year:D ).
Happy New Year, people!
Lote, for this new year, my number one wish is to have my autograph of you and also a Lote T-shirt. :D
RoCKiTcZa
12-31-2007, 10:14 AM
First one to reply! Woot! :D
Happy New Year to you too...
Have 12 months of happiness,
52 weeks of fun,
365 days of success,
8,760 hours of good health
525,600 minutes of blessings
and 3,153,600 seconds of joy.
1 hr 49 minutes to go!!! Wahee! :D :D
LadyW
12-31-2007, 11:21 AM
Happy New Year to You all - wherever you are :D
May this New Year Brings all the Things You Desire...well almost everying...because in life you can't have everything... :D
Have a wonderful new year everyone!
Even you Lote ;) Might as well give you some joy since you are destined to lose this battle you speak of.
:thumbs_up
Shalot
12-31-2007, 07:38 PM
wooo hoooo Happy New Year! For the first time in a couple of years I don't have to work on New Year's Day and that is awesome. I am going to ring in the New Year proper (though last year, I had too much to drink and went to work with a hangover anyway. :sick: I think I'll not have a hangover this year)
Anyway, I'm going to have some jambalaya and sit in my pajamas and watch football.
symphony
01-01-2008, 02:57 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:
have a happy life with all the wonderful things, you deserve.:)
:bawling: u beat me to it!!!
Lol, happy new year fellas. :D
Virgil
01-01-2008, 12:45 PM
Happy New Year to all. It has been my tradition here on lit net that at New Years I post the concluding section to Beethoven's Nineth Symphony, the Ode To Joy section. This year in addition to the lyrics, I will post a youtube (actually in two parts) link for your enjoyment. Beethoven's Nineth Symphony expresses a wish for universal harmony. Through the symphony Beethoven musically brings the Roman Catholic musical elements with the Protestant musical elements and synthesizes them. After a century of religious wars, this was a way to show coming together after bitter feud. I present this as a wish for universal harmony. The words come from a poem by the German poet Friedrich Schiller:
German original
Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium!
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, Dein Heiligtum.
Deine Zauber binden wieder,
Was die Mode streng geteilt,[1]
Alle Menschen werden Brüder,[1]
Wo Dein sanfter Flügel weilt.
Chor.
Seid umschlungen, Ihr Millionen!
Diesen Kuß der ganzen Welt!
Brüder, überm Sternenzelt
Muß ein lieber Vater wohnen!
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!
Chor.
Was den großen Ring bewohnet,
Huldige der Sympathie!
Zu den Sternen leitet sie,
Wo der Unbekannte thronet.
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.
Chor.
Ihr stürzt nieder, Millionen?
Ahnest du den Schöpfer, Welt?
Such' ihn überm Sternenzelt!
Über Sternen muß er wohnen.
Freude heißt die starke Feder
In der ewigen Natur.
Freude, Freude treibt die Räder
In der Großen Weltenuhr.
Blumen lockt sie aus den Keimen,
Sonnen aus dem Firmament,
Sphären rollt sie in den Räumen,
Die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt.
Chor.
Froh, wie seine Sonnen fliegen
Durch des Himmels prächt'gen Plan,
Laufet, Brüder, eure Bahn,
Freudig, wie ein Held zum Siegen.
Aus der Wahrheit Feuerspiegel
Lächelt sie den Forscher an.
Zu der Tugend steilem Hügel
Leitet sie des Dulders Bahn.
Auf des Glaubens Sonnenberge
Sieht man ihre Fahnen wehn,
Durch den Riß gesprengter Särge
Sie im Chor der Engel stehn.
Chor.
Duldet mutig, Millionen!
Duldet für die beßre Welt!
Droben überm Sternzelt
Wird ein großer Gott belohnen.
Göttern kann man nicht vergelten;
Schön ist's, ihnen gleich zu sein.
Gram und Armut soll sich melden,
Mit den Frohen sich erfreun.
Groll und Rache sei vergessen,
Unserm Todfeind sei verziehn,
Keine Tränen soll ihn pressen,
Keine Reue nage ihn.
Chor.
Unser Schuldbuch sei vernichtet!
Ausgesöhnt die ganze Welt!
Brüder, überm Sternenzelt
Richtet Gott, wie wir gerichtet.
Freude sprudelt in Pokalen,
In der Traube goldnem Blut
Trinken Sanftmut Kannibalen,
Die Verzweiflung Heldenmut--
Brüder, fliegt von euren Sitzen,
Wenn der volle Römer kreist,
Laßt den Schaum zum Himmel spritzen:
Dieses Glas dem guten Geist.
Chor.
Den der Sterne Wirbel loben,
Den des Seraphs Hymne preist,
Dieses Glas dem guten Geist
Überm Sternenzelt dort oben!
Festen Mut in schwerem Leiden,
Hilfe, wo die Unschuld weint,
Ewigkeit geschwornen Eiden,
Wahrheit gegen Freund und Feind,
Männerstolz vor Königsthronen, --
Brüder, gält' es Gut und Blut--
Dem Verdienste seine Kronen,
Untergang der Lügenbrut!
Chor.
Schließt den heil'gen Zirkel dichter,
Schwört bei diesem goldnen Wein:
Dem Gelübde treu zu sein,
Schwört es bei dem Sternenrichter!
Rettung von Tyrannenketten,
Großmut auch dem Bösewicht,
Hoffnung auf den Sterbebetten,
Gnade auf dem Hochgericht!
Auch die Toten sollen leben!
Brüder, trinkt und stimmet ein,
Allen Sündern soll vergeben,
Und die Hölle nicht mehr sein.
Chor.
Eine heitre Abschiedsstunde!
Süßen Schlaf im Leichentuch!
Brüder, einen sanften Spruch
Aus des Totenrichters Mund.
English translation
Joy, thou source of light immortal,
Daughter of Elysium!
Touched with fire, to the portal,
Of thy radiant shrine, we come.
Your sweet magic, frees all others,
Held in custom's rigid rings,
All men on earth become brothers,
In the haven of your wings.
Chorus
Be embraced, you millions!
This kiss for the entire world!
Brothers, above the starry canopy
Must a loving Father reside.
Whoever has the great fortune,
To be a friend’s friend,
Whoever wins the love of a lovely woman,
Add his jubilation to ours!
Yes, anyone also who has a soul
To call his own on this earth!
And anyone who never could, should run away
Weeping from this brotherhood!
Chorus
Those who occupy the great circle,
Pay homage to sympathy!
It leads to the stars
Where the unknown is enthroned
Joy, all creatures drink
At the bosoms of nature,
All good, all evil
Follow your trail of roses.
Kisses she gives us, and wine,
A friend, proven in death.
Pleasure was given to the worm,
And the cherub stands before God.
Chorus
Do you fall before him, you millions?
Do you sense the Creator, world?
Seek him above the starry canopy,
Above the stars he must live.
Joy is called the strong spring
In the perpetuity of nature.
Joy, joy drives the wheels
In the earth’s great clock.
Flowers, she calls from the buds,
Suns, out of the firmament,
Spheres, she rolls through space
That the seer cannot know
Chorus
Happy, as his suns fly
Through the heavens’ magnificent plan
Run, brothers, your race
Joyful, as a hero to victory.
As truth’s fiery reflection
Smiles at the explorer,
To virtue’s steep hill
She guides the silent sufferers’ path.
On faith’s sunlit summit
One sees her banners in the wind,
Through the cracks of burst coffins
They are seen in the chorus of angels.
Chorus
Endure courageously, you millions!
Endure for the better world!
Over the starry canopy
A good God will reward you!
Gods one cannot repay
Beautiful it is, to be like them.
Grief and poverty, acquaint yourselves
With the joyful ones rejoice.
Anger and revenge be forgotten,
Our deadly enemy be forgiven,
No tears shall he shed
No remorse shall gnaw at him
Chorus
Our debt registers be abolished
Reconcile the entire world!
Brothers, over the starry canopy
God judges, as we judged.
Joy bubbles in the cup,
In the grape’s golden blood
Cannibals drink gentleness
The fearful, courage --
Brothers, fly from your perches,
When the full cup is passed,
Let the foam spray to the heavens
This glass to the good spirit
Chorus
He whom the spirals of stars praise,
He whom the seraphim’s hymn glorifies,
This glass to the good spirit
Above the starry canopy!
Courage firm in great suffering,
Help there, where innocence weeps,
Eternally sworn oaths,
Truth towards friend and foe,
Mens’ pride before kings’ thrones --
Brothers, even if it costs property and blood, --
The crowns to those who earn them,
Defeat to the lying brood!
Chorus
Close the holy circle tighter,
Swear by this golden vine:
Remain true to the vows,
Swear by the judge above the stars!
Escape the tyrants’ chains,
Generosity also to the villain,
Hope upon the deathbeds,
Mercy from the high court!
The dead, too, shall live!
Brothers, drink and chime in,
All sinners shall be forgiven,
And hell shall be no more.
Chorus
A serene departing hour!
Sweet sleep in the shroud!
Brothers—a mild sentence
From the final judge!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwaAtVgsl4E
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye7pa-Pg2Ps
SleepyWitch
01-01-2008, 12:53 PM
Beethoven's Nineth Symphony expresses a wish for universal harmony. Through the symphony Beethoven musically brings the Roman Catholic musical elements with the Protestant musical elements and synthesizes them. After a century of religious wars, this was a way to show coming together after bitter feud. I present this as a wish for universal harmony. The words come from a poem by the German poet Friedrich Schiller:
oh Virge, what a fountain of knowledge you are :D would you like to apply for a job in the Kraut Konspiracy? How about Chief Provider of Information about Classical Music? :thumbs_up
Happy New Year to everyone!
Virgil
01-01-2008, 12:56 PM
oh Virge, what a fountain of knowledge you are :D would you like to apply for a job in the Kraut Konspiracy? How about Chief Provider of Information about Classical Music? :thumbs_up
:lol: Thanks. I guess I would be proud to be an honorary German. :)
Riesa
01-01-2008, 01:05 PM
Happy New Year to You all - wherever you are :D
May this New Year Brings all the Things You Desire...well almost everying...because in life you can't have everything... :D
Who says I can't be Superman? ~ Hannah Montana
Cheers to all we desire, and may we all get as close as possible to ...
barbara0207
01-01-2008, 07:59 PM
:lol: Thanks. I guess I would be proud to be an honorary German. :)
You're welcome, Virgil! :thumbs_up :D
And lots of thanks for posting 'Ode an die Freude'. I wouldn't have thought that you could listen to it on youtube. I own LPs of the symphony but recently my veeery old record player broke down and is beyond repair.
Virgil
01-01-2008, 10:08 PM
You're welcome, Virgil! :thumbs_up :D
And lots of thanks for posting 'Ode an die Freude'. I wouldn't have thought that you could listen to it on youtube. I own LPs of the symphony but recently my veeery old record player broke down and is beyond repair.
Your welcome Barbara. That is a great symphony. You can find almost anything on youtube. All you have to do is a youtube search.
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