“Fremd bin ich eingezogen,
Fremd zieh’ ich wieder aus.
..
Der Weg gehüllt in Schnee.
…
Die Liebe liebt das Wandern
Gott hat sie so gemach”
…

“I came in as a stranger,
Still stranger I go out.
…
The road all wrapped in snow.
…
Love loves the wandering
God has wrought it so”
…

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“Gute Nacht,” from Schubert’s Winterreise (1827)
Poem by Wilhelm Müller [my free translation]
Performed by Mark Padmore (tenor) and Paul Lewis (piano).

[Via Alex Ross]