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Mezzo-Soprano: Ashley Long
Accompanist: Kim Roberts

November 8th, 2015
Coker College Recital Hall
Senior Recital

Text:

Laue Sommernacht: am Himmel
Stand kein Stern, im weiten Walde
Suchten wir uns tief im Dunkel,
Und wir fanden uns.

Fanden uns im weiten Walde
In der Nacht, der sternenlosen,
Hielten staunend uns im Arme
In der dunklen Nacht.

War nicht unser ganzes Leben
So ein Tappen, so ein Suchen?
Da: In seine Finsternisse
Liebe, fiel Dein Licht.

Translation:

"Mild Summer's Night"

Mild summer’s night,
Not a star in the sky,
In the wide forests we were looking
Deep in the dark, and we found ourselves.

Found ourselves in the wide forests
In the night, the starless night,
And held each other astonished, in our arms
In the dark night.

Was not our whole life
Just a groping, only a searching,
Then into this darkness,
Love, your light shone!