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Wenn Du es wüßtest
Was träumen heißt
Von brennenden Küssen
Vom Wandern und Ruhen
Mit der Geliebten
Aug’ in Auge
Und kosend und plaudernd –
Wenn Du es wüßtest
Du neigtest Dein Herz!

Wenn Du es wüßtest
Was bangen heißt
In einsamen Nächten
Umschauert vom Sturm
Da Niemand tröstet
Milden Mundes
Die kampfmüde Seele –
Wenn Du es wüßtest
Du kämest zu mir

Wenn Du es wüßtest
Was leben heißt
Umhaucht von der Gottheit
Weltschaffendem Atem
Zu schweben empor
Lichtgetragen
Zu seligen Höh’en
Wenn Du es wüßtest
Du lebtest mit mir

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One of the great composers of the Post-Romantic Era, Richard Strauss (1864-1949) is known for his tone poems such as Also Sprach Zarathustra, Till Eulenspiegel’s Merry Pranks, and Death and Transfiguration, as well as operas such as Der Rosenkavalier and Salome. Initially considered a retrograde composer from the dark ages of tonality, he was reappraised as a composer who stretched the tonal system to uncharted limits and presaged the musical developments of the 20th century.

Known for treating friends and acquaintances badly, Strauss was once described by the conductor Hans Knappertsbusch:

I knew him very well. I played cards with him every week for 40 years, and he was a pig.