Related: Friedrich Hölderlin - Love.
Source: Selected Poems of Friedrich Hölderlin. Translated by Maxine Chernoff and Paul Hoover. 2008. Omnidawn Publishing: Richmond, California. Pg. 115.
Friedrich Hölderlin - The Gods
Silent Upper Air! You're always on guard
Against the pain in my soul, and often
My heart is moved and ennobled, Helios,
By the brightness of your light!
Most excellent gods! Those who don't know you
Are poorer for it, their crude hearts always in discord,
And the world is night for them,
And no song or joy goes out to them.
Only you, with your eternal youth, grow
In the hearts of those who love you,
Childlike in mind, and never let
Sorrow and error diminish genius.
Against the pain in my soul, and often
My heart is moved and ennobled, Helios,
By the brightness of your light!
Most excellent gods! Those who don't know you
Are poorer for it, their crude hearts always in discord,
And the world is night for them,
And no song or joy goes out to them.
Only you, with your eternal youth, grow
In the hearts of those who love you,
Childlike in mind, and never let
Sorrow and error diminish genius.
