Lyrics to Beethoven's 9th Symphony

Can you name the words sung in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy)?

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The clues are an approximate English translation of the German text. A compromise between literal and idiomatic translation, it is not meant to be exact.
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Prologue
O, 
friends, 
not 
these 
tones! 
Rather 
let 
us 
nicer [ones] 
sound, 
and 
more joyful. 
I
Joy, 
beautiful 
god- 
spark, 
daughter 
of 
paradise! 
We 
enter 
fire- 
drunk, 
heavenly one, 
your 
sanctuary! 
II
Your 
magic 
binds 
anew 
what 
the 
custom 
sternly 
divided. 
All 
men 
become 
brothers 
where 
your 
gentle 
wings 
rest. 
III
He who 
the 
great 
fortune 
attains, 
a 
friend's 
friend 
to 
be, 
he who 
a 
lovely 
wife 
wins, 
add 
his 
jubilation 
in! 
IV
Yes, 
he who 
also 
but 
one 
soul 
his own 
calls 
in 
the 
whole world. 
And 
he who [it] 
never 
could, 
he 
depart 
weeping 
himself 
from 
this 
band. 
V
Joy 
drink 
all 
creatures 
at 
the 
breasts 
of 
nature; 
all 
good ones, 
all 
evil ones 
follow 
her 
rose- 
trail. 
VI
Kisses 
gave 
she 
to us 
and 
vines, 
a 
friend 
proven 
in 
death. 
Desire 
was 
the 
worm 
given, 
and 
the 
cherub 
stands 
before 
God! 
VII
Gladly, 
as 
his 
suns 
fly 
through 
the 
heaven's 
splendid 
design, 
Run, 
brothers, 
your 
course, 
joyful, 
like 
a 
hero 
to 
triumph. 
VIII
Be 
embraced, 
millions! 
This 
kiss 
to the 
whole 
world! 
Brothers, 
above the 
star- 
canopy 
must 
a 
loving 
Father 
dwell. 
IX
You 
bow 
down, 
millions? 
Sense 
you 
the 
Creator, 
world? 
Seek 
Him 
above the 
star- 
canopy. 
Above the 
stars 
must 
He 
dwell. 
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  • For the words sung in his Ninth Symphony, Beethoven used 36 lines from Friedrich Schiller's "An die Freude" (Ode to Joy), about a third of the entire poem. Beethoven mixed these verses around a little, with some repetitions, and added a short prose recitative to the front. This quiz asks for all the words used in the symphony, in the order they are first sung but without repeats. (Note: Some of Schiller's more creative compound words are rendered as two separate words in the quiz.)
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