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Will-o'-the-wisp
English source:
Jeremy Sams
Deep within some dark ravine
A ghostly flickering led me here
Where I am, or how I’ll leave here
That is very far from clear
Life is made of flickering moments
Ghostly fancies lead us on
There is joy, then there is sorrow
We endure them, then they’re gone
We endure them, then they’re gone
I will take the dried-up riverbed
It will lead me where it may
Ev’ry stream leads to the ocean
Ev’ry sorrow fades away
Ev’ry stream leads to the ocean
Ev’ry sorrow fades away
A ghostly flickering led me here
Where I am, or how I’ll leave here
That is very far from clear
Life is made of flickering moments
Ghostly fancies lead us on
There is joy, then there is sorrow
We endure them, then they’re gone
We endure them, then they’re gone
I will take the dried-up riverbed
It will lead me where it may
Ev’ry stream leads to the ocean
Ev’ry sorrow fades away
Ev’ry stream leads to the ocean
Ev’ry sorrow fades away
Composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Peter Schubert was an late Classical and early Romantic composer. He produced a vast oeuvre during his short life, composing more the 600 vocal works (largely Lieder), and well as several symphonies, operas, and a large body of piano music. He…
