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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Nachtigallen schwingen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA
   Nachtigallen schwingen
   Lustig ihr Gefieder;
   Nachtigallen singen
   Ihre alten Lieder.
   Und die Blumen alle,
   Sie erwachen wieder
   Bei dem Klang und Schalle
   Aller dieser Lieder.

Und meine Sehnsucht wird zur Nachtigall
Und fliegt in die blühende Welt hinein,
Und fragt bei den Blumen überall:
Wo mag doch mein, mein Blümchen sein?

    Und die Nachtigallen
    Schwingen ihren Reigen
    Unter Laubeshallen
    Zwischen Blütenzweigen,
    [Vor]1 den Blumen allen --
    Aber ich muß schweigen.
    Unter ihnen steh' ich
    Traurig sinnend still;
    Eine [Knospe]2 seh' ich,
    Die nicht blühen will.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   J. Brahms 

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Confirmed with Buch der Liebe von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, 1836, pages 45-46.

1 Brahms: "von"
2 Brahms: "Blume"

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 78, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Nachtigallen schwingen", op. 6 (Sechs Gesänge für Sopran oder Tenor mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1853), published 1854 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Gustav Kulenkampff (1849 - 1921), "Nachtigallen schwingen lustig ihr Gefieder", op. 9 (Fünf Duette für 2 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1889 [ vocal duet with piano ], Bremen, Meinhardt [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtegalen spelen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Nightingales beat", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les rossignols agitent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 87

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