Schubert on Guitar: In Praise of Tears (arr. Mertz)
Here's another request: something by J.K. Mertz (1806-1856)!
This is a beautiful arrangement of Schubert's song called 'In Praise of Tears'
The song's lyrics:
Warm breezes,
Floral fragrances,
All of the pleasure of spring and youth;
Fresh lips
Peck kisses,
Gently rocking on tender breasts;
They then turn to grapes
And steal their nectar;
Line dancing and games and jokes:
Anything that the senses
Can grasp:
But oh, will this ever fill up the heart?
When the damp
Eyes light up
With the soothing dew of melancholy,
Then unsealed
And mirrored within
Comes a vision of the heavenly pastures.
How pleasantly,
How immediately,
Is every savage glow put out!
Just as the rain
Takes care of flowers,
The weary spirit rises up.
It was not with sweet
Rivers of water
That Prometheus glued us together:
No, it was with tears;
Therefore, in longing
And in pain we are at home.
They overflow bitterly
These springs
For any mind that is confined to earth,
But they drive us
Out of narrowness
Into the sea of love.
Eternal yearning
Flowed in tears
And surrounded the unresponsive world,
And in the arms
Of its mercy
It continues the embrace as tears flow around.
If your being
Is going to be cured,
Released from the dust of earth,
You will have to shed tears
To unite yourself
With the sacred womb of those waters.
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