Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning,
Daughter of Elysium,
Fire drunken we are ent’ring
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'' Joy, thou beauteous godly lightning, Daughter of Elysium, Fire drunken we are ent’ring Heavenly, thy holy home! '' musicality is lost... WHAT A DIFFERENCE from a poetical point of view with: '' Freude schoner Gotterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmliche dein Heiligtum! ''
Great poem.