Classical Music | Mezzo-Soprano

Johannes Brahms

Lieber Gott, du weisst, from Ziguenerlieder  Play

Marietta Simpson Mezzo-soprano
Kuang-Hao Huang Piano

Recorded on 12/21/2005, uploaded on 01/24/2009

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Lieber Gott, du weisst, from Ziguenerlieder Johannes Brahms

Dear God, Thou know'st how oft I've rued this:

That I gave my lover once a little kiss.

Heart's command I kiss him, how dismiss?

And long as I live I'll think of that first kiss.

Dear God, Thou know'st how oft in still of night,

How in joy and pain on him my thoughts delight.

Love is sweet, though bitter oft to rue;

My poor heart is his and ever, ever true.

The wind whispers loudly, as do the little birds;

The longing, the longing - it will not fall asleep.

Alas, when no longer into the golden distance

does my spirit hurry on dream-wings,

when no more on the eternally distant stars

does my longing gaze rest;

Then the wind and the little birds

will whisper away my longing, along with my life.