Ludwig Van Beethoven
In Heaven we are.On earth we become.
In the inner world we are.
In the outer world we become.
Indeed, there is an immeasurable gulf
Between "we are" and "we become."
Unfortunately, no human being
Either can remain
Or is destined to remain forever
At the Heights transcendental.
O critic in Eduard Hanslick, we are not ready to hear from you what you have to say:
"The first of Beethoven's compositions are his music; in his last compositions Beethoven makes music."
Sri Chinmoy, Music: ecstasy's heart-hunger, Agni Press, 1994
