Wie Melodien zieht es/ Mir leise durch den Sinn,

LOOK-BACK ME OBSESS LIKE MUSIC SAME-OLD-THING.

Wie Frühlingsblumen blüht es,/ Und schwebt wie Duft dahin.

IDEA OCCUR-TO-MIND LIKE FLOWER BLOOM~SWING-IN-WIND WIND-BLOW.

Doch kommt das Wort und faßt es/ Und führt es vor das Aug',

VISUALIZE FINE, ME TRY RIGHT WORD alt.PICK,

Wie Nebelgrau erblaßt es/ Und schwindet wie ein Hauch.

BUT SENTENCE BLUR, LIKE SMOKE DISSOLVE GONE.

Und dennoch ruht im Reime/ Verborgen wohl ein Duft,

STILL ME REMEMBER IDEA BLOOM-SWING-IN-WIND WIND-BLOW.

Den mild aus stillem Keime/ Ein feuchtes Auge ruft.

INHALE-IN-PASSING HIT* INSPIRED TEAR-SLOWLY-TRICKLE-DOWN (head bowing).

Notes: LOOK-BACK - (2h)[H or V] are brought back over the shoulder, POs down, FOs back.

SAME-OLD-THING - (2h)[Y], POs down, FOs away, circle vertically and symmetrically in a plane parallel to the chest.

OCCUR-TO-MIND - THINK + SHOW-UP.

BLOOM~SWING-IN-WIND WIND-BLOW - (2h)[A] are held together but the hands are twisted like the beginning of CHANGE. Hands twist back while opening to (2h)[5:] with the hands still held together. With the hands still in place, move frojmj side to side as if blown by the wind + WIND.

BLUR - (2h)[O^], POs away, FOs up, move to opposite sides, while opening to (2h)[5].

INHALE-IN-PASSING - [5^], POs > NDS, FO up, starts at NDS of body just under nose, moves > DS while closing to [O^], and head follows slightly as if drawn by the fragrance.

TEAR-SLOWLY-TRICKLE-DOWN - Index is held under eye and rubs down cheek slowly like falling tear.

Lyrics:

I have been unable to find the lyrics for this. If you have them, please e-mail me at dbartzur@earthlink.net

To hear the music (without words), go to Johannes Brahms, Duette und Soli and scroll down to "J. BRAHMS, Wie Melodien zieht es mir (op. 105) - Mezzosopran Solo -" and click on any of the three links: (1) Anhšren im WMA-Format (64 Kbit/s, 1.1 MB), (2) Anhšren im RM-Format (32 Kbit/s, 500 kB or (3) Anhšren im MP3-Format (128 Kbit/s, 1.173 kB)."