The text of the song “Morgen” was set to music by Richard Strauss. He was married to a well-known soprano, and when the composer died in 1949, she died a few months later.
As is so often the case, the text is very moving, and I am providing the English translation below:
Tomorrow! (German: Morgen)
And tomorrow the sun will shine again
And on the path that I shall take,
It will unite us, happy ones, again,
Amid this same sun-breathing earth …
And to the shore, broad, blue-waved,
We shall quietly and slowly descend,
Speechless we shall gaze into each other’s eyes,
And the speechless silence of bliss shall fall on us …
Here is Ms. Auger to sing this song for you:
