Mmic in edztcatim
- ORCHESTRAL PIECE (Solo voice)
What stupidity!
What horror, what spiteful, senseless stupidity, which
[has the most force and thus is pretending seriousness!IV. SONG (Solo voice)There is an angel deep in my bosom who will never
And what are you asking of me, Oh nonsensical starThere is a hole in the roof.
And there is a star, seen through the hole.
There shines through the hole in the roof one stupid[yield, who fights desperately to resist.[up above-looking at me, overshining the roof?star that is jeering at me!
v. ORCHESTRAL PIECE (Chorzrs)
You men below, to falsehood married,
Citizens below who suffered that defeat,
The worst may not always happen.(Solo voice)There is a hole in the roof.
On the wall a reflection of light.
And within I feel as if stung:
The silly star calling: It’s me!
An apparition there in the sky!VI. CHORUS AND CROWDDaughter of eternal truth,
Noble Hope, you have not perished.
Where there’s Hope nothing will be stronger
-Although her wings have been torn out!
From those lofty infinite cohorts
Which are sown all across the heaven.
Lo, behold, how she approaches
-Although her wings have been torn out,