The Rudolf Steiner Archive

Current Verse: Week 03

Es spricht zum Weltenall,
Sich selbst vergessend
Und seines Urstands eingedenk,
Des Menschen wachsend Ich:
In dir, befreiend mich
Aus meiner Eigenheiten Fessel,
Ergründe ich mein echtes Wesen

—Rudolf Steiner

Corresponding Verse: Week 50

Es spricht zum Menschen-Ich,
Sich machtvoll offenbarend
Und seines Wesens Kräfte lösend,
Des Weltendaseins Werdelust:
In dich mein Leben tragend
Aus seinem Zauberbanne,
Erreiche ich mein wahres Ziel.

—Rudolf Steiner

To cosmic All there speaks,
Forgetting self
And mindful of its primal state,
The waxing "I" of Man:
In you, in liberating
Myself from my subjective fetters,
I fathom essence of my being.

—Tr. Daisy Aldan

To "I" of Man there speaks,
In grandeur manifesting,
Releasing forces of its being,
The joy-in-growth of world existence:
My life to you transporting,
Released from its enchantment,
I now may reach my rightful aim.

—Tr. Daisy Aldan

Waxing in strength, forgetful of itself
and mindful of the soil from whence it grew
the 'I' of Man accosts the Universe:
'Unfastening my chains
of private joys and pains
my true Existence now strikes root in You.'

—Tr. Owen Barfield

Disclosing itself whole,
unfettering its native powers
zest-of-becoming, latent in the world,
accosts the 'I' of Man:
'Loosing my life from its enchanter's ban
by passing it across to thee
I end at last in my appointed goal.'

—Tr. Owen Barfield

There speaks to the World-All
Itself forgetting,
And mindful of its primal state
The growing human I:
In Thee when I escape
From fetters of my own existence
I find the source of my true Being.

—Tr. Mabel Cotterell

Speaks to the human I
With might itself revealing
And forces of its being loosing,
The World's deep longing to "become":
To thee my Life transporting
From out of its enchantment
I do attain my rightful goal.

—Tr. Mabel Cotterell

Now to the World­All speaks —
Forgetful of itself,
Its origin rememb'ring —
The growing human I:
In You, as I come free
From fett'ring bonds of self,
I fathom my true Being.

—Tr. John F. Gardner

To human self now speaks —
With power manifesting,
The forces of its nature loosing —
The wide world’s ardor of becoming:
By bearing into you my life
From its enchanted spell
I come to my true goal.

—Tr. John F. Gardner

The awakened Ego of the man,
Forgetful of himself
And mindful of his origin,
Speaks out into the world:
When freed from bondage
Of myself, in Thee
I find my own true being.

—Tr. Isabel Grieve

Unto the human self there speaks
In mighty revelation,
And liberating all the powers of his nature,
The Cosmic Joy of New Becoming:
In thee, thou bearer of my life
Out of enchantment's bond,
I reach my own true goal.

—Tr. Isabel Grieve

Unto the Cosmos speaks,
Forgetful of itself
And mindful of its primal state,
The waxing I of man:
In You, delivering myself
From fetters of my separate self,
I find the ground of my true Being.

—Tr. Brigitte Knaack

Unto the human I there speaks,
Revealing self with might
And setting free its native forces,
The joy-in-growth of world existence:
T ransfening into you my life
Out of its deep enchantment
I reach my own true aim.

—Tr. Brigitte Knaack

There speaks unto the Cosmic All,
Itself forgetting,
And mindful of its primal state,
The growing human I:
In Thee, as I set free myself
From fetters of my self-bound nature,
I find the ground of my true Being.

—Tr. Ernst Lehrs

There speaks unto the human I,
Mightily itself revealing
And setting free its very powers,
The joy-in-growth of World-existence:
Into thee my life transferring
Out of the spell of its enchantment,
I reach my own true aim.

—Tr. Ernst Lehrs

To the universal All there speaks,
Itself forgetting
And mindful of its primal state,
The growing I of man:
'In you my self releasing
From fetters of my selfhood
I find the ground of my true being.'

—Tr. Liselotte & William Mann

To the human I there speaks,
Mightily itself revealing,
And setting free the forces of its nature
Joy in growth of world existence:
'On you my life bestowing
From its enchanted bondage
I reach my own true aim.'

—Tr. Liselotte & William Mann

To the universe there speaks
the evolving human ego —
forgetting itself —
aware of its original state:
As I liberate myself
from the chains
of my own subjectivity,
I fathom my true being
in you.

—Tr. Tom Mellett

The joy of cosmic genesis,
revealing itself so powerfully,
speaks to my human ego,
unleashing forces
of its own cosmic essence:
Releasing my life
from its chains of enchantment,
and giving it to you —
I reach my true goal.

—Tr. Tom Mellett

Thus to the World-All speaks,
In self-forgetfulness
And mindful of its primal state,
The growing human I:
In you, if I can free myself
From fetters of my selfhood,
I fathom my essential being.

—Tr. Ruth & Hans Pusch

Thus to the human ego speaks
In mighty revelation,
Unfolding its inherent powers,
The joy of growth throughout the world:
I carry into you my life
From its enchanted bondage
And so attain my truest goal.

—Tr. Ruth & Hans Pusch

With World-All in deep discourse,
Attention slips from selfish course,
Archtypal form of man my care,
The growing sense I am aware:
In you I am freed inside
From fetters formerly mine,
And I forge my proper course.

—Tr. John Riedel MD

It speaks to human “I-am” core
From mighty revelation’s door,
Releasing its intrinsic power,
The will-to-be of world-existence:
Carrying my life in you,
Out of its enchanting spells,
I attain my rightful aim.

—Tr. John Riedel MD