by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation Singable translation by Louis Charles Elson (1848 - 1920)

Woher dieses Sehnen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Woher dieses Sehnen,
o sprich, armes Herz!
Woher diese Tränen,
die Lust und der Schmerz?
Die Liebe allein 
schafft Wonne und Leid,
die Liebe allein 
ist Seligkeit.

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Ah! whence comes this longing
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Ah! whence comes this longing,
my heart, why so sad?
Why come tear-drops thronging,
that pain and make glad?
'Tis love that alone 
such joy can impart,
'tis love that alone 
makes bright my heart.

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