Many, many years ago I heard this piece that started my awe for the music of Richard Wagner, but I could not comprehend it at the time. Now I know that this is the vibration of transcendence.
Jessye Norman
R. Wagner, Wesendonck Lieder
Stehe Still | Be Quiet |
Sausendes, brausendes Rad der Zeit, Messer du der Ewigkeit; Leuchtende Sphären im weiten All, Die ihr umringt den Weltenball; Urewige Schöpfung, halte doch ein, Genug des Werdens, laß mich sein! Halte an dich, zeugende Kraft, Wenn Aug’ in Auge wonnig trinken, |
Roaring and rushing wheel of time, You are the measurer of Eternity; Shining spheres in the wide universe, You who surround the world globe, Eternal creation, halt! Enough development, let me be! Cease, generative powers, When one eye another drinks in bliss, |