Within my heart there lies an ache

"Within my heart there lies an ache

that will break my heart apart;

wherever I stay, wherever I go,

it is always pushing me onward.

"It drives me to my beloved's presence,

as if Grete could heal it;

but when I look her in the eye,

I must hurry away from there.

"I climb to the heights of the mountain,

for there one can be alone;

and when I stay up there silently,

then I stand mutely and weep."