Lyrics
Translated from the original German:
Seclusion
Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!
What I mourn, I know not.
It is an unknown pain;
Forever through tears shall I see
The sun's love-light.
Often, I am scarcely conscious
And the bright joys break
Through the pain, thus pressing
Delightfully into my breast.
Oh, world, let me be!
Entice me not with gifts of love.
Let this heart in solitude have
Your bliss, your pain!
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