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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Ach, wär' ich nur
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FRE
«Ach, wär' ich nur 
Ein Vögelein!
Das darf die Flur 
Durch klingen fein
Gar mannigfalt
Mit Allem, mit Allem, was in ihm schallt!»

«Ach möcht' ich blühn 
Als Blume rein! Die darf das Grün 
Durchhauchen fein
So fromm und mild
Mit Allem, mit Allem, was in ihr quillt!»

«So bin ich nur 
Ein Rittersmann,
Auf hoher Spur 
In Acht und Bann,
Und nehm' hinab 
Mein Alles, mein Alles, verstummt ins Grab.» --

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   L. Spohr 

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Confirmed with Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Erzählungen (Erweiterte Ausgabe), Jazzybee Verlag Jürgen Beck, Loschberg, © 2012.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Aslauga's Ritter, Fünftes Kapitel (chapter 5) [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 Louis [Ludwig] Spohr (1784 - 1859), "Lied aus Aslauga's Ritter", op. 41 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 2 (1816) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Jacques L'oiseleur des Longchamps) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-04-01
Line count: 17
Word count: 72

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