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Es singt ein [Vögelein]1, "witt, witt, witt, Komm mit, komm mit!" O könnt' ich [Vögelein]1, 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]1 hat sich geschwungen schon Durchwirbelnd die Luft mit [süßem]4 Ton, O [Vögelein]1, daß dich Gott behüt'! Da sitz' ich am Ufer und kann nicht mit.
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View text without footnotes1 Reichardt: "Vöglein"
2 Reichardt: "Zu"
3 Reichardt: "weit"
4 Reichardt: "dem süßen"
Text Authorship:
- by Karl Philipp Conz (1762 - 1827), "Das Mädchen am Ufer" [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 Luise Reichardt (1779 - 1826), "Das Mädchen am Ufer" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid (1874 - 1953), "Das Vögelein", published 1931 [ men's chorus a cappella ], Böhm & Sohn (in: Bayerisches Liederbuch für die männlichen höheren Lehranstalten) ; note: may be the wrong text for this title [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Amy Pfrimmer) , copyright © 2019, (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: 13
Word count: 96
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"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2019 by Amy Pfrimmer, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Karl Philipp Conz (1762 - 1827), "Das Mädchen am Ufer"
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 103