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by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ein klein Vöglein wär' ich gern

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: FRE

Ein klein Vöglein wär' ich gern,
Schwirrt' um meinen guten Herrn.
Honig hat er auf den Lippen,
Und ich dürfte davon nippen;
Wann ich wollte, könnt' ich's wagen,
Niemals würd' er mich verjagen.
Und zum Dank pfiff' ich ihm Lieder
Stolz von seiner Schulter nieder.
Käm‘ der liebe Mondenschein,
Schlief' in seiner Hand ich ein -
Wär' ich nur sein Vöglein klein!

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ricarda Huch, zweite vermehrte Auflage, Leizig, H. Haeffel Verlag, 1908, page 154.

Text Authorship:

by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 28 [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 Heinrich, Freiherr von Bach (1835 - 1915), as Heinrich Molbe, "Ein klein' Vöglein wär' ich gern", op. 135 (Sechs Lieder) no. 2, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]
by Hans Fleischer (1896 - 1981), "Ein klein Vöglein wär ich gern", WoO. 9 (Sechs Lieder (Ricarda Huch) für mittlere Stimme und Klavier) no. 2 (1920) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je voudrais être un petit oiseau", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-03-14
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Word count: 61

Je voudrais être un petit oiseau

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Je voudrais être un petit oiseau
Je tourbillonnerais autour de mon bon seigneur.
Il aurait du miel sur les lèvres
Et je pourrais le buvoter;
Je pourrais oser le faire quand je voudrais,
Jamais il ne me chasserait.
Pour le remercier je lui sifflerais des chansons,
Fier du haut de son épaule.
Quand viendrait le cher clair de lune
Je m'endormirais dans sa main –
Si seulement j'étais un petit oiseau!

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ricarda Octavia Huch (1864 - 1947), no title, appears in Liebesreime, no. 28
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This text was added to the website: 2016-03-14
Line count: 11
Word count: 71