Three songs of longing

Song Cycle by Martin Watt (b. 1970)

1. Loneliness
 (Sung text)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Being apart and lonely is like rain
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2. Slumber song
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
Some day, if I should ever lose you,
will you be able then to go asleep
without me softly whispering above you
like night air stirring in the linden tree?

Without my waking here and watching
and saying words as tender as eyelids
that come to rest weightlessly upon your breast,
upon your sleeping limbs, upon your lips?

Without my touching you and leaving you
alone with what is yours, like a summer garden
that is overflowing with masses
of melissa and star-anise?

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3. You, you only, exist
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Language: English 
You, you only, exist
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