My suffering and loneliness
I  gently bear and don't complain
it's all assuaged by my music
no longer do I feel the pain-

along life's thorny terrains
I tread in whatever weather
a song travels with me--never failing
and brings me the sweetest wonder-

ah,  life so capricious
so harsh and cruel, yet tender
in moments so rare and unpredictable
such a strange fellow-traveller!

Winterreise-- winter-journey
my story is told in bittersweet tears
but I die not---to my every symphony
the world will heartily harken in all future years