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Mir ist's so eng allüberall! Es schlägt das Herz mit lautem Schall, Und was da schallt, sind Lieder! Aus düstrer Mauern bangem Ring Flieg' ich ins Weite froh und flink: Da atm' ich Wonne wieder! Da flattert aus der offnen Brust Die Sehnsucht nach verrauschter Lust Und nach gehoffter Wonne: Die Winde tragen's himmelan, Die Gräslein geben Fürbitt' dran, Sich neigend in der Sonne. Mir ist's so eng allüberall! Es schlägt das Herz mit lautem Schall, Und was da schallt, sind Lieder! Aus düstrer Mauern bangem Ring Flieg' ich ins Weite froh und flink: Da atm' ich Wonne wieder, Da atm' ich Wonne wieder; Es schlägt das Herz mit lautem Schall, Und was da schallt, sind Lieder!
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun [author's text not yet checked 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 Karl Jürgens (1879 - 1954), "Ins Freie", op. 4 (17 Lieder) no. 12 (1926) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Ins Freie", op. 89 no. 5 (1850), published 1850 [ voice and piano ], from Sechs Gesänge von Wilfried von der Neun, no. 5, Leipzig, Kistner
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A l'aire lliure", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Naar buiten", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , "Heading for freedom", subtitle: "On, to freedom", copyright © 2020, (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.
Line count: 21
Word count: 117
I feel so trapped! My heart pulses with a noisy beat, And what it beats out, are songs! Away from the fearful ring of somber walls I fly into the distance happy and nimble: There I can breathe freely! Then flutters out of [my] open heart A longing for long lost pleasures And hoped for delights: The wind carries them heavenwards, The blades of grass pray for intercession, Bending toward the sun. I'm feel so trapped! My heart pulses with a noisy beat, And what it beats out, are songs! Away from the fearful ring of somber walls I fly into the distance happy and nimble: There I can breathe freely! There I can breathe freely! My heart pulses with a noisy beat, And what it beats out, are songs!
Subtitle: "On, to freedom"
Text Authorship:
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Wilhelm Traugott Schöpff (1826 - 1916), as Wilfried von der Neun
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-03
Line count: 21
Word count: 130