Ik hoor een vogeltje lokken

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by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken

(Sung text for setting by E. Tinel)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

Ich hör' ein Vöglein locken,
Das wirbt so süß, das wirbt so laut,
Beim Duft der Morgenglocken
Um die geliebte Braut.

Und aus dem blauen Flieder
Singt, ohne Rast und Ruh'
Millionen Liebeslieder
Die holde Braut ihm zu. --

Ich hör' ein leises Klagen,
So liebesbang, so seelenvoll --
Was mag die Stimme fragen,
Die in dem Wind verscholl?

Confirmed with Anthologie aus den Gedichten von Adolf Böttger, Hildburghausen: Druck vom Bibliographischen Institute, New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [1870], pages 13-14.

Composition:

Edgar Pierre Joseph Tinel

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870), "Ich hör' ein Vöglein", appears in Gedichte, in Frühlingsmelodieen

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'entends un petit oiseau", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ik hoor een vogeltje lokken

(Sung text translation for setting by E. Tinel)

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Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

Ik hoor een vogeltje lokken;
Het  fluit zo lief, het fleemt zo luid,
Bij geur van bloemenklokken,
Om de beminde bruid.
 
En vanuit blauwe seringen
Zingt -- nimmer lui of moe --
Miljoenen liefdesdingen
De lieve bruid hem toe.
 
Ik hoor een heel zacht klagen,
Zo 'n liefdesbange monoloog;
Wat mag die stem toch vragen,
Die in de wind vervloog?

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