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Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song) Music/Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Lyrics/Poem: Heinrich Heine Tenor: Peter Schreier Pianist: Walter Olbertz Lyrics (English translation) On wings of song, my love, I'll carry you away to the fields of the Ganges where I know the most beautiful place. There lies a red-flowering garden, in the serene moonlight The lotus-flowers await their beloved sister. The violets giggle and cherish, and look up at the stars The roses tell each other secretly their fragrant fairy-tales. The gentle, bright gazelles pass and listen; and, in the distance, murmurs the waves of the holy stream. There we will lay down, under the palm-tree, and drink of love and peacefulness And dream our blessed dream.
