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O Sehnsucht, wilder Falke mein,
Willst du auch müde werden?
Dess' Heimath hoch im Blauen war,
Behagt's dir nun auf Erden?
Wie oft hast du den jungen Sinn
Aus diesen grauen Tagen
Hoch über Sorge, Noth und Leid
Getragen.
Bis mir das dunkle Thal entschwand
In märchenweiter Ferne
Und um mein glühend Haupt sich bog
Das Diadem der Sterne.
Nun beugst auch du die stolze Stirn
Und läßt die Flügel hangen,
Nun hat auch dich die Sorgenfrau
Gefangen.
Brich deine Fesseln, Wanderfalk,
Und hebe dein Gefieder --
Siehst du die Sterne droben glüh'n,
Hörst du die süßen Lieder?
Es ist die Heimath, die uns ruft,
Sie lockt in Lust und Wonne,
Steig auf mit hellem Jubelschrei
Zur Sonne!
Confirmed with Gedichte von Anna Ritter, Leipzig: Verlag von A.G. Liebeskind, 1898, pages 3-4.
Text Authorship:
- by Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Mein Falke", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 1 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot (1841 - 1918), "Mein Falke", published 1909 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sieben Lieder, no. 2, from Zwölf Lieder von Anna Ritter für eine Mittelstimme (oder Bariton) mit Pianoforte, no. 7, Leipzig: Hofmeister (1909 - Zwölf Lieder); Bryn Mawr, PA: Hildegard Publishing Company (1998 - Sieben Lieder) [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "My falcon", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mon faucon", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 117
Oh yearning, wild falcon of mine,
Are you too growing weary?
[You,] whose homeland was high up in the blue of heaven,
Are you now content upon this earth?
How often have you my young spirit
From out of these grey days
High above anxiety, distress, and sorrow,
Carried.
Until the dark valley vanished
Into an expanse as far away as a fairy tale,
And about my glowing brow curved
The diadem of the stars.
Now you, too, are bending low your proud brow
And are letting your wings hang down,
Now the woman of worries has you as well
Captured.
Break your bonds, wandering falcon,
And lift your pinions --
Do you see the stars glowing above,
Do you hear the sweet songs?
It is our homeland that calls us,
It is luring us in joy and bliss;
Rise up with a bright cry of rejoicing
To the sun!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2018 by Sharon Krebs, (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 Anna (Nuhn) Ritter (1865 - 1921), "Mein Falke", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Das Ringlein sprang entzwei, no. 1
This text was added to the website: 2018-03-16
Line count: 24
Word count: 149