From John Birge, Host, Classical Music

Gustav Mahler: If you love for beauty (Liebst du um Schoenheit)

Mahler's music is impossibly beautiful, and the lyrics by Friedrich Ruckert say it all for a Valentine's Day invitation to Love; the Real Deal:

If you love for beauty,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the sun,
She has golden hair!

If you love for youth,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the spring;
It is young every year!

If you love for treasure,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the mermaid;
She has many clear pearls!

If you love for love,
Oh yes, do love me!
Love me ever,
I'll love you evermore!