Jurame - Maria Grever

Natanya Sheva Washer, Soprano
Sean Brennan, Guitar
Performed October 20th, 2024
The Tower Series at Babcock Presbyterian Church
Júrame
Maria Grever (1885-1951)
Of my love for you they all say that I’m lying
because never have they seen me so enamored,
and I swear that I have never comprehended
why it is your gaze for me’s so fascinating.
When I’m near you that is when I can be happy,
I don’t want you to remember any other.
I am jealous of each thought and every memory
that you might have for any past or future lover.
Swear to me
that however much time passes
you will not forget those glances
when I first came knowingly.
Look at me,
there’s no feeling more profound,
on earth greater and unbound,
than the affection I let free.
Oh! kiss me,
with an amorous kiss intensely
like no one else has ever kissed me
since the day I came to be.
Love just me,
love me madly and insanely,
and that way you will know finally
how I suffer so bitterly.
Love just me,
love me madly and insanely,
and that way you will know finally
how I suffer so bitterly.