Gabriel CHMURA: 5 b) MAHLER: Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Re

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Resurrection{5th Movement}

the beginning of this text in English is in the previous Movement{5a}

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CONTRALTO

Oh believe,my heart,oh believe:

Nothing is lost with thee!

Thine is what thou hast desired,

What thou hast loved for,what thou hast fought for!

SOPRANO

Oh believe,thou wert not born in vain!

Hast not lived in vain,suffered in vain!

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CHORUS

What has come into being must perish,

What perished must rise again.

CHORUS and CONTRALTO

Cease from trembling!

Prepare thyself to live!

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SOPRANO and CONTRALTO

Oh Pain,thou piercer of all things,

From thee have I been wrested!

Oh Death,thou masterer of all things,

Now art thou mastered!

With wings which I have won,

In love's fierce striving,

I shall soar upwards

To the light to which no eye has soared.

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CHORUS

With wings,which I have won,

I shall soar upwards

I shall die,to live!

CHORUS,SOPRANO and CONTRALTO

Rise again,yea,thou wilt rise again,

My heart,in the twinkling of an eye!

What thou hast fought for

Shall lead thee to God!