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“Es sang vor langen Jahren” — Arvo P​ä​rt (1984)

from Flos Florum by Cantata Profana

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lyrics

German:

Es sang vor langen Jahren
Wohl auch die Nachtigall!
Das war wohl süßer Schall,
Da wir zusammen waren.

Ich sing' und kann nicht weinen,
Und spinne so allein,
Den Faden klar und rein
So lang' der Mond wird scheinen.

Als wir zusammen waren,
Da sang die Nachtigall;
Nun mahnet mich ihr Schall,
Daß du von mir gefahren.

So oft der Mond mag scheinen,
Denk ich wohl dein allein.
Mein Herz ist klar und rein -
Gott wolle uns vereinen.

Seit du von mir gefahren,
Singt stets die Nachtigall;
Ich denk bei ihrem Schall,
Wie wir zusammen waren.

Gott wolle uns vereinen!
Hier spinn ich so allein.
Der Mond scheint klar und rein;
Ich sing und möchte weinen.



English translation:

Long years ago the nightingale
Must surely have sung as well!
That was indeed a sweet sound
When we were together.

I sing and cannot weep,
And thus alone I spin
The thread so clear and pure
As long as the moon shall shine.

When we were together
The nightingale sang;
Now its sound reminds me
That you have gone away from me.

Whenever the moon shines,
I think only of you.
My heart is serene and pure -
May God unite us.

Since you went away from me,
The nightingale is always singing;
When I hear it I remember
How we used to be together.

May God unite us!
Here I spin all alone.
The moon shines so clearly and purely;
I sing and want to weep.

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from Flos Florum, released June 1, 2020

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A “crack ensemble” (New Yorker) with “a taste for the dramatic” (New York Times), breathing life into classical music by carefully and lovingly curating rarely-heard works from every chapter of music history and reveling in how it all fits together.

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