Schumann: Myrthen, op. 25 no. 7, "Die Lotosblume" (Piano Accompaniment)

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One story about this piece I've heard is that the poem evokes the state of Schumann and Clara's courtship. In order to marry Clara, Schumann had to battle her father in a long legal battle. If you read the poem with the moon being Clara's father, Schumann being the moon, and Clara being the flower, it creates an interesting layer of narrative. Throughout his pieces, Schumann was known to include ciphers, literary allusions, and hidden messages to Clara, so this interpretation is not without credence.
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German: Die Lotosblume ängstigt Sich vor der Sonne Pracht, Und mit gesenktem Haupte Erwartet sie träumend die Nacht. Der Mond, der ist ihr Buhle Er weckt sie mit seinem Licht, Und ihm entschleiert sie freundlich Ihr frommes Blumengesicht. Sie blüht und glüht und leuchtet Und starret stumm in die Höh’; Sie duftet und weinet und zittert Vor Liebe und Liebesweh. English: The lotus-flower fears The sun’s splendour, And with bowed head, Dreaming, awaits the night. The moon is her lover, And wakes her with his light, And to him she tenderly unveils Her innocent flower-like face. She blooms and glows and gleams, And gazes silently aloft- Fragrant and weeping and trembling With love and the pain of love. Source in video description.