Dear swallow, little swallow | Dear swallow, little swallow

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by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG FIN FRE ITA

Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe,
Trage fort mein kleines Briefchen!
Flieg zur Höhe, fliege schnell aus,
Flieg hinein in Liebchens Haus!

Fragt man dich, woher du kommest,
Wessen Bote du geworden,
Sag, du kommst vom treusten Herzen,
Das vergeht in Trennnungsschmerzen.

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Text Authorship:

by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [author's text not yet checked 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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe", alternate title: "Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe", op. 112 (Sechs Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1891), published 1892 [ SATB quartet and piano ], from Vier Zigeunerlieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Dear swallow, little swallow", copyright ©
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Rakas pääsky, pieni pääsky", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chère hirondelle, petite hirondelle", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Rondine cara, piccola rondine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 40

Dear swallow, little swallow

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Dear swallow, little swallow,
carry forth my little message!
Fly up into the heavens, fly away quickly,
fly off to my darling's house!

If someone asks you from whom you come,
whose messenger you are -
say that you come from a faithful heart
that is almost dying from the pain of separation.

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 52