In the garden at the seashore

Brahms, Johannes

In the garden at the seashore

Stand primeval trees;

In their high tops

Are the birds hardly to be seen.

The trees with high tops

Rustle day and night;

The waves beat against the shore;

The birds sing softly.

This makes a music

So sweet, so sadly fearful,

It is like a song of lost Love

And endless yearning.