Ich grolle nicht
Ich grolle nicht, und wenn das Herz auch bricht,
Ewig verlor'nes Lieb! Ich grolle nicht.
Wie du auch strahlst in Diamantenpracht,
Es fällt kein Strahl in deines Herzens Nacht.
Ewig verlor'nes Lieb! Ich grolle nicht.
Wie du auch strahlst in Diamantenpracht,
Es fällt kein Strahl in deines Herzens Nacht.
I bear no grudge, even though my heart is breaking,
my love, lost forever! I bear no grudge.
However you shine in the splendour of diamonds,
no ray falls into the night of your heart.
my love, lost forever! I bear no grudge.
However you shine in the splendour of diamonds,
no ray falls into the night of your heart.
Das weiß ich längst. Ich sah dich ja im Traume,
Und sah die Nacht in deines Herzens Raume,
Und sah die Schlang', die dir am Herzen frißt,
Ich sah, mein Lieb, wie sehr du elend bist.
Und sah die Nacht in deines Herzens Raume,
Und sah die Schlang', die dir am Herzen frißt,
Ich sah, mein Lieb, wie sehr du elend bist.
I have long known it. I saw you in a dream,
and saw the night within your heart,
and saw the serpent that devours your heart,
I saw, my love, how miserable you are.
and saw the night within your heart,
and saw the serpent that devours your heart,
I saw, my love, how miserable you are.
About the song. From Dichterliebe ('A Poet's Love'), Schumann's cycle on poems by Heine. The poet insists he bears no grudge against the woman who left him, while the piano's relentless pulsing chords say the opposite. Many singers take the optional high note near the end.
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