Flügelt ein kleiner blauer Falter vom Wind geweht, Ein perlmutterner Schauer, Glitzert, flimmert, vergeht. So mit Augenblicksblinken, So im Vorüberwehn Sah ich das Glück mir winken, Glitzern, flimmern, vergehn.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Oskar Baumann , "Blauer Schmetterling", op. 310 (Hermann Hesse-Lieder, 3. Folge) no. 3 (1947) [ voice and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blauer Schmetterling", written 1927
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Gianni Franceschi) , "Farfalla blu", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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