Mahler II – Urlicht – Primordial Light

48″ x 54″
Oil on Canvas
Private Collection – Toronto, Ontario

M II Urlicht – New York Philharmonic by ohso studios

O red rosebud!
Man lies in deepest need!
Man lies in deepest pain!
Oh how I would rather be in heaven.
There, I came upon a broad path;
There, came a little angel and wanted to send me away.
Ah no! I would not let myself be sent away!
I am from God and will return to God!
The loving God will give me a little light,
Which will light me into that eternal blissful life!

Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn)

A collection of German folk poems compiled by Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano