Zueignung—Dedication
Poem by Hermann von Glim - translated for a performance of Strauss's setting
Yes, you know it, dear soul -
That when parted from you I suffer.
Love makes hearts sick -
Have my thanks!
Drunk on freedom,
Oft I raised the amethyst goblet -
But you sanctified the drink.
Have my thanks!
And you dispelled the evils therein
Till I, as I never had been,
Blessed, blessed sank upon your breast.
Have my thanks!
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