English Singing Translation of:

Johannes Brahms: Feldeinsamkeit, Opus 86, No. 2 (SMB #103)

(The loneliness of the Field; text by Allmers)

I lie so still in high green grass and fix my longing gaze far high above me; with crickets all around, their endless song; and heaven's blue so wond'rously surrounds me. The lovely clouds drift gently 'cross the sky like lovely silent dreams. I feel as tho' I long ago had died, to drift with them thro' space in bliss unending.

(Approx. performance timing: 4:40)

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