Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song (Auf Flügeln des Gesanges)

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Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song)
Music/Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Lyrics/Poem: Heinrich Heine
Tenor: Peter Schreier
Pianist: Walter Olbertz

Lyrics (English translation)

On wings of song,
my love, I'll carry you away
to the fields of the Ganges
where I know the most beautiful place.

There lies a red-flowering garden,
in the serene moonlight
The lotus-flowers await
their beloved sister.

The violets giggle and cherish,
and look up at the stars
The roses tell each other secretly
their fragrant fairy-tales.

The gentle, bright gazelles
pass and listen;
and, in the distance, murmurs
the waves of the holy stream.

There we will lay down,
under the palm-tree,
and drink of love and peacefulness
And dream our blessed dream.