Sunset
Lucia Popp - Strauss Vier Letzte Lieder - Beim Schlafengehen
Upon going to sleep Herman Hesse
Made tired by the day now,
my passionate longing
shall welcome the starry night
like a tired child.
Hands, leave all your activity,
brow, forget all thought,
for all my senses
are about to go to sleep.
And my soul, unguarded,
will float freely,
in order to live in the magic circle of the night
deep and a thousand fold.
I fell in love with Lucia Popp when I first heard her on the old Klemmper recording of Magic Flute. Sadly I never saw her in person but enjoyed experiencing her on disc, video and broadcast. She was a wonder!
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