Classical Music | Mezzo-Soprano

Johannes Brahms

Gestillte Sehnsucht, from Zwei Gesange  Play

Marietta Simpson Mezzo-soprano
Kuang-Hao Huang Piano
Richard Young Viola

Recorded on 12/21/2005, uploaded on 01/25/2009

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Gestillte Sehnsucht, from  Zwei Gesange          Johannes Brahms

Steeped in a golden evening glow,

how solemnly the forests stand!

In gentle voices the little birds breathe

into the soft fluttering of evening breezes.

What does the wind whisper, and the little birds?

They whisper the world into slumber.

You, my desires, that stir

in my heart without rest or peace!

You longings that move my heart,

When will you rest, when will you sleep?

By the whispering of the wind, and of the little birds?

You yearning desires, when will you fall asleep?

What will come of these dreamy flights?

What stirs me so anxiously, so sweetly?

It comes pulling me from far-off hills,

It comes from the trembling gold of the sun.