(Please Note: the following translation is © 2000 Bradley A. Slocum and is presented here only for examination by potential purchasers of the SMB edition in which it appears, along with the original German text.)

English Singing Translation of:

Johannes Brahms: Komm bald, Opus 97, No. 5 (SMB #106)

(Come soon; text by Groth)

Why should we linger from day to day? Gardens are blooming all that they may. Who comes to count such blossoms so fair? Few are the eyes for all this to share. My eyes, they wander from bush to tree; such dreamlike beauty! How can it be? Midst all my loved ones faithful and true have I but one wish: that you were here!

(Approx. performance timing: 3:19)

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