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by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929)

Ich schwebe wie auf Engelsschwingen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ich schwebe wie auf Engelsschwingen,
Die Erde kaum berührt mein Fuß,
In meinen Ohren hör' ich's [klingen]1
Wie der Geliebten Scheidegruß.

Das tönt so lieblich, mild und leise,
Das spricht so zage, zart und rein,
Leicht lullt die nachgeklung'ne Weise
In wonneschweren Traum mich ein.

[Mein Himmel lebt in meinem Busen,
Der droben ist mir Hekuba,
Im Herzen wohnen meine Musen
Und nimmer in Olympia.]2
Mein schimmernd Aug' -- indeß mich füllen
Die süßesten der Melodien, --
Sieht ohne Falten, ohne Hüllen
Mein lächelnd Lieb' vorüberziehn.

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•   M. Reger •   R. Strauss 

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1 Reger: "klagen"
2 omitted by Reger and Strauss.

Text Authorship:

  • by Karl Friedrich Henckell (1864 - 1929), "Ich schwebe wie..." [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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Ich schwebe", op. 62 (Sechzehn Gesänge) no. 14 (1901) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "Ich schwebe", op. 48 (Fünf Lieder nach Gedichten von Otto Julius Bierbaum und Karl Henckell) no. 2 (1900), published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Fürstner [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Linda Godry) , "I float", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je plane", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Enrico Magnani) , "Io fluttuo", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Walter Riemer

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

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