by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929)
Schwebe, du Schmetterling
Language: German (Deutsch)
Schwebe, du Schmetterling, Schwebe vorbei! Leben ist leichtes Ding, Fühlst du dich frei. Leben ist Windeshauch, Welt ist wie Gras, Säuseln im Haselstrauch, Elfischer Spaß. Rot ist das Heidekraut, Grün ist der Klee, Himmel, so weit er blaut, [Goldheller]1 See. Schwebe, du Schmetterling, Schwebe vorbei! Über die Blumen schwing Hoch dich, juchhei!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Pejačević: "Ein goldner"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), no title, appears in Schmetterlingslieder, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Schwebe, du Schmetterling", 2009 [ soprano and piano ], from Schmetterlingslieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Dora Pejačević (1885 - 1923), "Schwebe, du Schmetterling", op. 52 no. 2 (1920) [ voice and piano ], from Zwei Schmetterlingslieder, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Reuss (1871 - 1935), "Schmetterlingslieder II", op. 34 (Fünf Gedichte) no. 4 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Volette, papillon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-07-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 52