Joy, beautiful spark of the gods,
Daughter from Elysium,
We enter drunk with fire,
Heavenly, your sanctuary!
Your spells bind again,
What fashion strictly divided.
All people become brothers,
Where your gentle wing dwells.
Translated into Arabic by Dr Malika Bendaoud Boulkifane (Oran, Algeria)
Oil and ink on birch wood
(Ode an die Freude – Friedrich Schiller)