Der Himmel Lacht! Die Erde Jubilieret, Bwv 31: Aria. Adam Muss In Uns Verwesen (Tenor)
Gillian Keith
1:46Glide, gentle streams, and bear Along with you my tear To that coy girl Who smiles, yet slays Me with delays And strings my tears as pearl See! see, she's yonder set Making a carcanet Of maiden-flowers! There, there present This orient And pendant pearl of ours Then say I've sent one more Gem to enrich her store And that is all Which I can send Or vainly spend For tears no more will fall Nor will I seek supply Of them, the spring once dry But I'll devise Among the rest A way that's best How I may save mine eyes Yet say should she condemn Me to surrender them Then say my part Must be to weep Out them, to keep A poor, yet loving heart Say too, she would have this She shall: then my hope is That when I'm poor And nothing have To send or save I'm sure she'll ask no more