Mahler Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen Die Zwei Blauen Augen (The Two Blue Eyes)
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The final movement culminates in a resolution. The music, also reused in the First Symphony (in the Scherzo \\u201cFuneral March in Callot\\u2019s manner\\u201d), is subdued and gentle, lyrical and often reminiscent of a chorale in its harmonies. Its title, \\u201cDie zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz\\u201d (\\u201cThe Two Blue Eyes of my Beloved\\u201d), deals with how the image of those eyes has caused the Wayfarer so much grief that he can no longer stand to be in the environment.
He describes lying down under a linden tree, allowing the flowers to fall on him. He wishes to return to his life before his travels. He asks that the whole affair had never occurred: \\u201cEverything: love and grief, and world, and dreams!\\u201d \\xa0
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A listening guide of Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen \\u2013 Die Zwei Blauen Augen with Lew Smoley
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