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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, verwehn.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Othmar Schoeck (1886 - 1957), "Blauer Schmetterling", op. 44 (Zehn Lieder nach Gedichten von Hermann Hesse) no. 6 (1929), published 1931 [ 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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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 31
A little blue butterfly is Sailing, blown by the wind, A mother-of-pearl shiver, Sparkles, shimmers, vanishes. Thus with momentary gleaming, Thus in wafting past, I saw happiness beckoning me, Sparkling, shimmering, fading away.
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hermann Hesse (1877 - 1962), "Blauer Schmetterling", written 1927
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