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Flieg' aus, mein Lied, und tausend Mal Grüß mir mein stilles Felsenthal! Nun grünt und blüht es wieder, Und von der Höhn Wie blickt so schön Und frisch der Wald hernieder! Ihr lieben Vögel, denkt ihr dran, Wie wir das Thal hinab, hinan Zusammen einst gesungen, Wie von den Flühn Durch all das Blühn Das frohe Lied erklungen! Ihr weißen Bäume, wißt ihr's noch, Wie ihr mit mir vom Felsenjoch Gegrüßt die fernsten Auen, Wie blitzend klar Und lustig war Im Grund der Bach zu schauen! Flieg' aus, mein Lied, und tausend Mal Grüß mir im Lenz mein trautes Thal, Und bring' ihm deinen Segen, Und thu's ihm kund, Wie sein allstund Ich denk' und allerwegen!
Confirmed with Liederbuch von Friedrich Oser, 1842-1874. Mit einem biographischen Verzeichnis der Componisten, Basel: Benno Schwabe, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1875, page 21.
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Flieg' aus, mein Lied!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 20, first published 1875 [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 Franz Wilhelm Abt (1819 - 1885), "Flieg' aus mein Lied", op. 451 (Sechs Gesänge für dreistimmigen Frauenchor mit Pianoforte), Heft 2 no. 6, published 1875 [ ssa chorus with piano ], Leipzig: C. F. W. Siegel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm jun. Bethge (1841 - 1880) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Carl or Caspar) Joseph Brambach (1833 - 1902), "Flieg' aus mein Lied", op. 36 (Sechs Gesänge für Männerstimmen), Heft 1 no. 1, published 1876 [ solo ttbb quartet and men's chorus ], Bonn: Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Joetze (1839 - 1914), "Flieg' aus mein Lied", op. 17 [ men's chorus ], Glaser [sung text not yet checked]
- by Fritz Panzer (b. 1865), "Flieg aus mein Lied", op. 56, published [1921] [ ttbb chorus ], Krefeld: Panzer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich Hermann Reiser (1839 - 1879) [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Peter) Nicolai von Wilm (1834 - 1911), "Flieg' aus mein Lied", op. 78 (Drei Lieder für drei weibliche Stimmen (2 Sopran und Alt) mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1889 [ vocal trio for 2 sopranos and alto with piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Fly forth, my song", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2018-04-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 117
Fly forth my song, and greet for me My quiet rocky valley a thousand times! Now everything is once more growing green and blossoming, And from the heights How beautifully the forest Looks down in its freshness! Ye dear birds, do you remember How down into and up from the valley We once sang together? How from the rock faces Through all the blossoming Our happy song rang out! Ye white trees, do you still remember How from the rocky yokes ye greeted The most distant meadows with me, How sparklingly clear An merry it was To see the brook in the valley! Fly forth my song, and greet for me My dear valley in the springtime, And bring it your blessing, And let it know, How at every hour I think of it and shall always do so!
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Oser (1820 - 1891), "Flieg' aus, mein Lied!", appears in Liederbuch, in 1. Naturlieder, no. 20, first published 1875
This text was added to the website: 2025-03-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 139