(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: Versunken, Opus 86, No. 5 (SMB #119)

(Enraptured; text by F. Schumann)

The waves of love are raging and foaming about my heart; and two deep eyes had drawn me mightily downward. And lured by the water sprites' whispers, their wondrous, lovely tale, as if the earth were dark and wat'ry deeps aglow with light.

(Approx. performance timing: 4:02)

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