Es singt ein Vögelein, ,,witt, witt,...
Language: German (Deutsch)
Es singt ein [Vögelein]1, ,,witt, witt, witt,
Komm mit, komm mit!"
O könnt' ich Vögelein, mit dir ziehn,
Wir wollten über die Berge fliehn,
Durch die blauen, schönen Lüfte zumal,
[Uns]2 baden im warmen Sonnenstrahl.
Die Erd' ist eng, der Himmel weit;
Die Erd' ist arm, hat nichts als Leid;
Der Himmel ist [reich]3, hat nichts, als Freud'.
Das Vögelein hat sich geschwungen schon
Durchwirbelnd die Luft mit [süßem]4 Ton,
O Vögelein, daß dich Gott behüt'!
Da sitz' ich am Ufer und kann nicht mit.
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1 Reichardt: "Vöglein", passim.
2 Reichardt: "Zu"
3 Reichardt: "weit"
4 Reichardt: "dem süßen"
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A bird is singing, "Witt, witt, witt
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
A bird is singing, "Witt, witt, witt,
Come with me! Come with me!"
O if I could be a bird, wandering with you,
We wanted to fly across the mountains,
through the beautiful blue air above all,
To bathe in the warm sunbeam;
The earth is close, the sky wide;
the earth is poor, and holds nothing but suffering;
The sky, the sky is wide, and holds nothing but joy.
The little bird has already vaulted aloft,
whirling through the air with its sweet sound;
O little bird, God will protect you!
As I sit on the shore and cannot go with you.
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Translations of title(s):
"Das Vögelein" = "The little bird "
"Das Mädchen am Ufer" = "The girl on the shore"
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Based on- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Philipp Conz (1762 - 1827), "Das Mädchen am Ufer"
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Luise Reichardt, Heinrich Kaspar Schmid. Go to the text.
Text added to the website: 2019-07-05 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2019-07-08 09:07:48
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