Die Lerche in der klaren Luft | Liebes habe ich im Sinn, und mein Herz fliegt auf entzückt

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by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

The lark in the clear air

Language: English

Our translations: GER

Dear thoughts are in my mind, and my soul soars enchanted
As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day
For a tender beaming smile to my hope has been granted,
And tomorrow she shall hear all my fond heart would say.

I shall tell her all my love, all my soul's adoration,
And I think she will [hear]¹ and will not say me nay.
It is this that gives my soul all its joyous elation,
As I hear the sweet lark sing in the clear air of the day.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• R. Fleming

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¹ Fleming: "hear me"

Text Authorship:

by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886) [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 Robert James Berkeley Fleming (1921 - 1976), "The lark in the clear air" [duet with piano], from Three duets, no. 1. [
text verified 1 time
]
by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "The lark in the clear air", published 1960, melody after a traditional Irish air [
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]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Die Lerche in der klaren Luft", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 96

Die Lerche in der klaren Luft

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Liebes habe ich im Sinn, und mein Herz fliegt auf entzückt,
als die liebe Lerch' ich hör' in der klaren Morgenluft.
Denn ein zärtlich strahlend Blick hat mein hoffend Herz beglückt;
morgen wird sie es wohl hör'n, was verliebt mein Herz ihr ruft.

Meine Lieb' gesteh ich ihr, meine grenzenlose Liebe,
und ich weiß, dass sie mich hört und nicht alles widerruft.
Und so kommt es über mich, dieses Hochgefühl der Liebe,
als die liebe Lerch' ich hör' in der klaren Morgenluft.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in English by Samuel Ferguson, Sir (1810 - 1886)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-10
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Word count: 82