Into our inner being
The riches of the senses pour.
The Cosmic Spirit finds itself
Reflected in the human eye,
Which ever must renew its strength
From out that spirit source.
English translation by Ruth and Hans Pusch
Ins Innre des Menschenwesens
Ergiesst der Sinne Reichtum sich,
Es findet sich der Weltengeist
Im Spiegelbild des Menschenauges,
Das seine Kraft aus ihm
Sich neu erschaffen muss.
The Year Participated translation by Owen Barfield
Into man's inner world the senses pour
their cornucopia;
the Spirit of the worlds retrieves Itself
here in the mirror of the eye,
the human eye that from Itself as source
must ever and again renew its force.
(provided with the kind permission of the Rudolf Steiner Press)