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by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863)

Vöglein vom Zweig
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Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA POR
Vöglein vom Zweig
 Gaukelt hernieder;
Lustig sogleich
 Schwingt es sich wieder.

Jetzt dir so nah,
 Jetzt sich versteckend;
Abermals da,
 Scherzend und neckend.

Tastest du zu,
 Bist du betrogen,
Spottend im Nu
 Ist es entflogen.

Still! Bis zur Hand
 Wird's dir noch hüpfen,
Bist du gewandt,
 Kann's nicht entschlüpfen.

Ist's denn so schwer
 Das zu erwarten?
Schau' um dich her:
 Blühender Garten!

Ei, du verzagst?
 Laß' es gewähren,
Bis du's erjagst,
 Kannst du's entbehren.

Wird's doch auch dann
 Wenig nur bringen,
Aber es kann
 Süßestes singen.

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel. Gesammt-Ausgabe stark vermehrt und verbessert, Stuttgart und Augsburg, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1857, pages 21-22, titled "Das Vöglein"; also confirmed with Gedichte von Friedrich Hebbel, Hamburg, bei Hoffmann und Campe, 1842, pages 139-140, titled "Das Glück". (The poems are identical other than the title.)


Text Authorship:

  • by (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (1813 - 1863), title 1: "Das Vöglein", title 2: "Das Glück", appears in Gedichte, in 1. Lieder, first published 1838 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

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