Schumann's Dedication To Clara Poem by Meng Lim Dr

My dearest Clara
how should I measure our love?
Words tremble and fail-
only my music will you more treasure

beyond the pale
of the spoken
nothing is more sublime
than the path we have trodden

the darkness that swallows me
only you alone can understand
I'm comforted by each melody
I dedicate to you--as my ears they lend

to the healing music of your tender hands
as they translate every tormented ache
of mine into some unspeakable respite
though none but you can feel my unbearable heartbreak.