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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)

Flügel! Flügel! um zu fliegen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Flügel! Flügel! um zu fliegen
Über Berg und Tal.
Flügel, um mein Herz zu wiegen
Auf des Morgens Strahl.

Flügel, übers Meer zu schweben
Mit dem Morgenrot,
Flügel, Flügel über's Leben,
Über Grab und Tod.

Flügel, wie die Jugend hatte,
Da sie mir entflog,
Flügel, wie des Glückes Schatte,
Der mein Herz betrog!

Flügel, nachzuflieh'n den Tagen,
Die vorüber sind,
Flügel, Freuden einzujagen,
Die entfloh'n im Wind.

Flügel, gleich den Nachtigallen,
Wann die Rosen flieh'n,
Aus dem Land, wo Nebel wallen,
Ihnen nachzuzieh'n.

Ach! von dem Verbannungsstrande,
Wo kein Nachen winkt,
Flügel nach dem Heimatlande,
Wo die Krone blinkt!

Freiheit, wie zum Schmetterlinge
Raupenleben reift,
Wann sich dehnt des Geistes Schwinge
Und die Hüll entstreift!

Oft in stillen Mitternächten
Fühl' ich mich empor
Flügeln von des Traumes Mächten
Zu dem Sternentor.

Doch gewachsenes Gefieder
In der Nächte Duft,
Mir entträufeln seh' ich's wieder
An des Morgens Luft.

Sonnenbrand den Fittich schmelzet,
Ikar stürzt in's Meer,
Und der Sinne Brausen wälzet
Über'm Geist sich her.

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•   R. Schumann 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), no title, appears in Lyrische Gedichte, in 3. Liebesfrühling, in 3. Dritter Strauß. Entfremdet [or Gemieden], no. 66 [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 Carl Ludwig Amand Mangold (1813 - 1889), "Flügel um zu fliegen ", op. 7 no. 5, published 1840, from 6 Lieder aus Fr. Rückert's Liebes-Frühling, no. 5, Darmstadt, Pabst  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Flügel! Flügel! um zu fliegen", op. 37 no. 8 (1841), published 1841 [ voice and piano ], from Zwölf Gedichte aus Friedrich Rückerts Liebesfrühling [nos. 2,4,11 by Clara Schumann; the rest by Robert Schumann], no. 8, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Percy Boyd ; composed by Ellen Dickson, as Dolores.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vleugels! Vleugels! Om te vliegen", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Wings! wings! to fly", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Des aile ! des ailes ! pour voler", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 40
Word count: 164

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