From Tristan und Isolde. Richard Wagner/Wilhelm Furtwangler, 1953
Oh sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe/ Descend O Night of love

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:English words

BOTH

Descend O Night of love
grant oblivion
that I may live
take me up
into your bosom
release me from the world

TRISTAN

Extinguish now the last glimmers

ISOLDE

what we thought
what we imagined

TRISTAN

all thought

ISOLDE

all remembering

BOTH

the glorious presentiment
of sacred twilight
extinguishes imagined terrors
world-redeeming

ISOLDE

The sun concealed
itself in our bosom
the stars of bliss
gleam, laughing

TRISTAN

softly entwined
in your magic
sweetly dissolved
before your eyes

ISOLDE

heart on your heart
mouth on mouth

Herz an Herz dir
Mund an Mund

TRISTAN

the single bond
of a single breath

eines Atems
ein'ger Bund

BOTH

my glance is deflected
dazzled with bliss
the world pales
with its blinding radiance

ISOLDE

lit by Day's
guileful deception

TRISTAN

standing firm against
deceitful delusion

BOTH

then am I
myself the world
floating in sublime bliss
life of love most sacred
the sweetly conscious
undeluded wish
never again to waken

Wonne-hehrstes Weben
Liebe-heiligstes Leben
Nie-wieder-Erwachens
wahnlos
hold bewusster Wunsch