In Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Scheideblick" (Parting Glance) a man leaves his beloved and, as he departs, imagines sinking his happiness into the ocean. Josephine's Lang's setting of the poem evokes the ebb and flow of the sea, and also the ebb and flow of the emotions associated with it.For more on Josephine Lang, see Harald and Sharon Krebs's book Josephine Lang: Her Life and Songs. The recording of “Scheideblick” is by mezzo-soprano Milagro Vargas and pianist Susan Manoff. Learn more about Lang's songs, access her song scores, and hear video performances of six of her songs by tenor Kyle Stegall and pianist Eric Zivian on Art Song Augmented, my website devoted to art songs by underrepresented composers.Scheideblickby Nikolaus LenauAls ein unergründlich WonnemeerStrahlte mir dein tiefer Seelenblick;Scheiden musst’ ich ohne Wiederkehr,Und ich habe scheidend all mein GlückStill versenkt in dieses tiefe Meer.Like an unfathomable ocean of joyYour soulful gaze shone for me;I had to take leave, knowing I would never return,And as I departed I quietly sank All my happiness into this deep ocean.

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