Kerstin Fischer, soprano, and Paul G. McCurdy, piano
San Francisco Conservatory of Music Recital Hall
September 29, 2013, 5 pm
Translation by Paul G. McCurdy
This Earthly Life
"Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
Give me bread or I'll die."
"Wait, just wait, my dear child.
Tomorrow we'll go reaping."
And after the grain was reaped
the child still cried:
"Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
Give me bread or I'll die."
"Wait, just wait, my dear child.
Tomorrow we will thresh the wheat."
And after the wheat was threshed,
the child still cried:
"Mother, oh mother, I am so hungry.
Give me bread or I'll die."
"Wait, just wait, my dear child.
Tomorrow we will bake the bread."
And when the bread was baked,
the child lay dead on the funeral bier.
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