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Vöglein in den sonn'gen Tagen, Lüfte blau, die mich verführen! Könnt ich bunte Flügel rühren, Über Berg und Wald sie schlagen. Ach! es spricht des Frühlings Schöne, Und die [Vögel]1 alle singen: Sind [die Farben denn nicht]2 Töne, Und die Töne bunte Schwingen? Vöglein, ja, ich laß das Zagen! Winde sanft die Segel rühren, Und ich lasse mich entführen, Ach! wohin? mag ich nicht fragen.
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View text without footnotes1 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "Vöglein"
2 Mendelssohn-Hensel: "denn nicht die Farben"
Text Authorship:
- by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 1 [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 Stephan Baekers , "Anklänge I", 1979, from Fünf Eichendorff-Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elise Breiderhoff, née Frey (1849 - 1940), "Sehnsucht", op. 1 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 5, published 1895 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Ries & Erler [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fanny Hensel (1805 - 1847), "Anklänge I", 1841 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Aural Allusions I", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Vogels en vol zon de dagen, Luchten blauw, die mij verleiden! Kon ‘k met vleugels mij bevrijden, Over berg en bos mij dragen. Ach, de lente toont het schone, Vogels vieren luid de teugels: Zijn dan niet de kleuren tonen En de tonen bonte vleugels? Vogels, ja, ik stop met klagen! Winden gaan het zeil beroeren, En ik laat mijzelf ontvoeren, Ach, waarheen wil ik niet vragen.
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Translation of title "Anklänge I" = "Klankherinneringen I"Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Joseph Karl Benedikt, Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788 - 1857), no title, appears in Gedichte, in 2. Sängerleben, in Anklänge, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2017-03-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 67