Hob XXVIa, 30 Fidelity. [German translation]

While hollow burst the rushing winds,

And heavy beats the show'r,

This anxious, aching bosom finds

No comfort in its pow'r. No, no.

For ah, my love, it little knows

What thy hard fate may be,

What bitter storm of fortune blows,

What tempests trouble thee.

A wayward fate hath spun the thread

On which our days depend,

And darkling in the checker'd shade,

She draws it to an end.

But whatsoe'er may be our doom,

The lot is cast for me,

For in the world or in the tomb,

My heart is fix'd on thee.

• Artist:Joseph Haydn
• Album:Haydn: Lieder