Widmung
Du meine Seele, du mein Herz,
Du meine Wonn', o du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
Du meine Wonn', o du mein Schmerz,
Du meine Welt, in der ich lebe,
Mein Himmel du, darein ich schwebe,
O du mein Grab, in das hinab
Ich ewig meinen Kummer gab!
You my soul, you my heart,
you my delight, O you my pain,
you my world in which I live,
my heaven you, in which I float,
O you my grave, into which
I have laid my sorrow forever!
you my delight, O you my pain,
you my world in which I live,
my heaven you, in which I float,
O you my grave, into which
I have laid my sorrow forever!
Du bist die Ruh', du bist der Frieden,
Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden.
Daß du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!
Du bist vom Himmel mir beschieden.
Daß du mich liebst, macht mich mir wert,
Dein Blick hat mich vor mir verklärt,
Du hebst mich liebend über mich,
Mein guter Geist, mein beßres Ich!
You are rest, you are peace,
you were granted to me by heaven.
That you love me makes me worthy in my own eyes,
your gaze has transfigured me in my own eyes,
lovingly you raise me above myself,
my good spirit, my better self!
you were granted to me by heaven.
That you love me makes me worthy in my own eyes,
your gaze has transfigured me in my own eyes,
lovingly you raise me above myself,
my good spirit, my better self!
About the song. The opening song of Myrthen, the collection Schumann gave Clara Wieck as a wedding present in 1840 (the myrtle is the bride's flower). Its rushing outer sections frame a hushed, devoted middle; the piano postlude is often heard as an echo of Schubert's Ave Maria.
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