I bear my love

Richard Georg Strauss

I bear my love

Silent with joy,

In my heart and in my mind

With me everywhere.

Yes, that I have found you,

Beloved one,

Will delight me every hour

That has been granted to me.

Though the sky is gloomy,

And the night is as black as coal,

My love shines brightly,

With the splendor of sunny gold.

And although the world is full of sin,

Which makes me sad,

The evil must be blinded

By your innocence, pure as snow.