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Flieg', Vöglein, durch den Böhmerwald, So weit du kannst in Hast Und setz' vor meines Liebsten Haus Dich auf den [grünen]1 Ast. Und tritt er dann vor seine Thür Und fragt: "Was, Vöglein, bringst du mir?" Dann zwitsch're du und sei nicht bang: "O lausche mild auf meinen Sang, Das ist ein Gruß von ihr!" Zieh', Lüftchen, durch den Böhmerwald Und tief ins Land hinein, Umsäusle meines Liebsten Haus, Poch' an sein Kämmerlein. Und öffnet er das Fenster dir Und fragt: "Was, Lüftchen, bringst du mir?" Dann [spiel' du ihm um]2 Wang' und Mund Und sprich: "[Und]3 wird es dir nicht kund, Das ist ein Gruß von ihr!"
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Adolf Damaskus (Hrsg.), Das Buch der Minne. Eine Gabe unsrer Dichter, Regensburg: Druck und Verlag von Georg Joseph Manz, 1886, page 126.
1 Kücken: "grünsten"2 Kücken: "fächle du ihm"
3 Kücken: "O"
Text Authorship:
- by Ida Marie Luise Sophie Friederike Gustava Hahn-Hahn (1805 - 1880), "Liebesbotschaft" [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 Friedrich Wilhelm Kücken (1810 - 1882), "Lied", op. 23 (Ernste und heitere Lieder) no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Harry Joelson , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2009-01-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 111
Fly, birdlet, through the Bohemian Forest, As far as you can, in haste, And in front of my beloved's house Sit down upon the [green]1 branch. And if he then steps forth in front of his door And asks: "What are you bringing me, birdlet?" Then you just chirp and do not be shy: "Oh listen gently to my singing, That is a greeting from her!" Little breeze, travel through the Bohemian Forest And far into the country, Waft about my beloved’s house, Knock at his chamber. And if he opens the window to you And asks: "What do you bring me, little breeze?" Then [play about]2 his cheeks and mouth And say: "[And]3 do you not realize, That is a greeting from her!"
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View text without footnotesTranslations of titles:
"Liebesbotschaft" = "Message of love"
"Lied" = "Song"
2 Kücken: "fan"
3 Kücken: "Oh,"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Ida Marie Luise Sophie Friederike Gustava Hahn-Hahn (1805 - 1880), "Liebesbotschaft"
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 127