Ach, könnt' ich blasen
Ein Lied so hold,
Wie ich es gerne
Ersinnen wollt';
So tief aus der Seele,
So tief aus der Brust,
Mit all' meiner Sehnsucht
Schmerz und Lust:
Ich wollt' es blasen
Den ganzen Tag,
Da sollt' es schmettern
Durch Wald und Hag!
Ich wollt' es blasen
Die ganze Nacht,
Da sollt' es verhallen
So sacht' -- so sacht!
Und lernen müßten's
Die Vöglein bald,
Und singen müßt' es
Der ganze Wald.
Da sollt' sie es hören
Von jedem Baum,
Und Nachts meine Lieb' sie
Umklingen im Traum!
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Confirmed with Slavische Melodien von Siegfried Kapper, Leipzig: Wilhelm Einhorn, 1844, pages 61-62.
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Ah, if I could but play
A song so lovely,
As I would
Gladly devise it;
From so deep in my soul,
So deep in my breast,
With all my yearning,
Pain, and joy:
I would play it
All day long,
Then it should blare
Through wood and hedge!
I would play it
All night long,
Then it should echo away
So gently -- so gently!
The birdlets would quickly
Have to learn it,
And the whole forest
Would have to sing it.
Then she should hear it
From every tree,
And at night they would surround my love
With music in her dreams!
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