Hör ich das Liedchen klingen

this piece uses one of the same texts as Schumann's Dichterliebe

this work features on the High CD - click for details

• The Light Walking

Hör ich das Liedchen klingen,
Das einst die Leibste sang,
So will mir die Brust zerspringen
Von wildem Schmerzendrang.

Es treibt mich ein dunkles Sehnen
Hinauf zur Waldeh?
Dort löst sich auf in Tränen
Mein übergroßes Weh.

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)

I hear the sweet song ringing,
That once my sweetheart sang,
And now will my heart crack open
With savage beats of pain.

A shadowy longing drives me
Up to the wooded heights,
There I can ease in weeping
My overwhelming pain.

translated by Tim Chilcott
used by permission

I hear the little song sounding
That my beloved once sang,
And my heart wants to shatter
From savage pain's pressure.
 
I am driven by a dark longing
Up to the wooded heights,
There is dissolved in tears
My supremely great pain.

translated by James Liu
used by permission

• vocal - solo voice with piano