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Peregrina II

Peregrina II Hugo Wolf · song
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Peregrina II

text by Eduard Mörike music by Hugo Wolf
Hugo Wolf

Peregrina II

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Why
,
mymyː
love
,
dodoː
I
think
of
you
allal
of
a
sudden
,
with
a
thousand
tears
,
and
cannot
be
contentˈkɔntɛnt
ataːˈteː
allal
,
and
wish
mymyː
heart
could
stretchstʁɛt͡ʃ
inɪn
every
direction
?
Ah
,
yesterday
inɪn
the
bright
nursery
,
by
the
dainty
glimmerˈɡlɪmɐ
of
festive
candles
,
when
I
forgot
myself
amidaˈmiːt
the
noise
and
foolery
,
you
came
,
o
imageˈɪmɪd͡ʒ
of
compassionate
agony
;
itaɪ̯ˈtiː
wasvas
your
ghostɡɔʊ̯st
who
sat
ataːˈteː
table
-
likeˈlaɪ̯kə
strangers
weveːˈʔeː
sat
with
silent
,
repressed
sorrow
;
ataːˈteː
lastlast
I
broke
into
loud
sobs
,
and
handhant
inɪn
handhant
weveːˈʔeː
left
the
househaʊ̯s
.
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