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it's in there just because I think it's a drop-dead beautiful piece
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and I want to try to proselytize a bit with
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regard to Mahler's music so it has a text.
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Here's the text.
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The text is by romantic German poet Friedrich Ruckert.
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We're now talking about "Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen"
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by Friedrich Ruckert as set in this collection
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of five songs about 1902.
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And let's take a look at the German here just for a moment,
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"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen,"
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"I've become detached from the world."
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And I thought it'd be nice to hear a German speaker,