Free flight -- who grants it me

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by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Den freien Flug ‑‑ wer gönnt ihn mir

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

Den freien Flug -- wer gönnt ihn mir
Hinauf in lichte Bläue?
So flieg ich denn zu dir, zu dir,
Du meine Lieb und Treue.
 
Durch Schnee und [Nebel]¹ eil ich fort,
Wo ich dich weiß, du Süße,
Und finde schön den rauhsten Ort,
Wo ich dich heimlich grüße.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• G. Jenner

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Confirmed with Klaus Groth's Gesammelte Werke, Vierter Band, Kiel und Leipzig: Verlag von Lipsius & Tischer, 1904, page 238

¹ Jenner: "Regen"

Text Authorship:

by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title [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 Gustav Jenner (1865 - 1920), "Den freien Flug, wer gönnt ihn mir?", op. 4 (Elf Lieder für 1 hohe Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 7, published 1895 [ high voice and piano ], Berlin, Schlesinger [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

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Free flight ‑‑ who grants it me

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

Free flight -- who grants it me,
[The flight] up into bright blueness?
Thus I fly to you, to you,
You, my love and faithful one.
 
Through snow and [fog]¹ I hurry away
To where I know you are, you sweet one,
And I find beautiful even the roughest place
Where I secretly greet you.

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¹ Jenner: "rain"

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Klaus Groth (1819 - 1899), no title
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-17
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