Sunday is Gloomy
My hours are slumberless
Dearest, the shadows I live with are numberless
Little white flowers will never awaken you
Not where the black coach of sorrow has taken you
Angels have no thought of ever returning you
Would they be angry if I thought of joining you
Gloomy Sunday
捷克作曲家安東·德沃夏克(Antonín Dvor?ák)在著名的《新世界交響曲》(New World)后不再創作交響曲。那是他的第九部交響曲,儘管他將它視為第八部,因為他的第一部交響曲的曲譜遺失,直到他去世后才重見天日。據說馬勒堅信某種第九交響曲的詛咒,於是把他的第九部交響曲標名為《大地之歌》(Das Lied Von der Erde),認為只要不標數字就可以避免受詛咒。隨後他又譜寫了一部「第九」交響曲。