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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)
Translation by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938)

Flieg hin, mein Kiel
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Flieg hin, mein Kiel, flieg hin, mein Kiel,
  Von der Leidenschaft Strömen getrieben!
Kein Wille lenkt und rudert dich,
  So folg' deinem eignen Belieben!

Flieg hin, mein Kiel, flieg hin, mein Kiel,
  Der Hoffnung Flagge laß schwinden,
Dir öffnet sich kein Hafen hier,
  Du kannst keine Ruhe hier finden!

Flieg hin, mein Kiel, flieg hin, mein Kiel,
  Dir leuchten keine Sterne,
Bald scheiterst in der Brandung du,
  Sie brauset in der Ferne!

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Erich J. Wolff (1874 - 1913), "Flieg hin, mein Kiel", op. 26 (Sechs Gedichte nach Jens Peter Jacobsen für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 4, published 1906-1913 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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