A little bird | LiederNet

Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.

It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.

To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at licenses@email.lieder.example.net

If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.

Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Vögelein

(Sung text for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: DUT ENG ENG FRE ITA

Ein Vögelein
Fliegt über'n Rhein
Und wiegt die Flügel
Im Sonnenschein,
Sieht Rebenhügel
Und grüne Flut
 ... 
Wie wohl das tut,
So hoch erhoben
Im Morgenhauch!
Beim Vögelein droben,
O wär' ich auch!

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-6,8-12 of the original text.

Note: in Lang's song, line 3 word 2 ("wiegt") becomes "wieget" in the repetition.

Composition:

Josephine Lang

Text Authorship:

by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf dem Schiffe", written 1842, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853

See other settings of this text.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the boat", copyright ©
ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Odile Bénassy) , "Un petit oiseau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un uccelletto vola sul Reno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 38

Little bird

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Lang)

See original

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

A little bird
Flies above the Rhine
And waves it wings
In the sunshine.
It sees vineyards
And green water
 ... 
How enjoyable it is
To be up so high
In the morning breeze!
If only I, too, could be
Up there with the little bird!

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-6,8-12 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2021 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
Contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net

Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf dem Schiffe", written 1842, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general single-text view

This text was added to the website: 2021-09-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 50