SONGS ON THE DEATH OF CHILDREN
Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaar and Naftali Frankel were abducted and murdered on the way home from a hike. There are no words to console the parents. For some, music is a balm.This is from one of the most beautiful series of songs by Mahler.
From Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children) Poems by Friedrich Ruckert, Music by Gustav Mahler
“I often think: they have only just gone out”
I often think: they have only just gone out,
and now they will be coming back home.
The day is fine, don’t be dismayed,
They have just gone for a long walk.
Yes indeed, they have just gone out,
and now they are making their way home.
Don’t be dismayed, the day is fine,
they have simply made a journey to yonder heights.
They have just gone out ahead of us,
and will not be thinking of coming home.
We go to meet them on yonder heights
In the sunlight, the day is fine
On yonder heights.
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