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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Nachtigallen schwingen

(Sung text for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA

   Nachtigallen schwingen
   Lustig ihr Gefieder;
   Nachtigallen singen
   Ihre alten Lieder.
   Und die Blumen alle,
   Sie erwachen wieder
   Bei dem Klang und Schalle
   Aller dieser Lieder.

Und meine Sehnsucht wird zur Nachtigall
Und fliegt in die blühende Welt hinein,
Und fragt bei den Blumen überall:
Wo mag doch mein, mein Blümchen sein?

    Und die Nachtigallen
    Schwingen ihren Reigen
    Unter Laubeshallen
    Zwischen Blütenzweigen,
    von den Blumen allen --
    Aber ich muß schweigen.
    Unter ihnen steh' ich
    Traurig sinnend still;
    Eine Blume seh' ich,
    Die nicht blühen will.

Composition:

Johannes Brahms

Text Authorship:

by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), no title, appears in Buch der Liebe, no. 78, Breslau, bei Georg Philipp Aderholz, first published 1836

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CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Nachtegalen spelen", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Nightingales beat", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les rossignols agitent", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Les rossignols agitent

(Sung text translation for setting by J. Brahms)

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Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Les rossignols agitent
Joyeusement leurs ailes.
Les rossignols chantent
Leurs anciens chants.
Et toutes les fleurs
S'éveillent à nouveau
Au bruit et au fracas
De tous ces chants.

Et ma nostalgie devient un rossignol
Et vole dans le monde en fleurs,
Et demande aux fleurs partout
Où est donc ma petite fleur ?

Et les rossignols
Dansent leur ronde
Sous la voûte des feuilles
Entre les branches en fleurs ;
Parmi toutes les fleurs
Pourtant je dois garder le silence,
Parmi elles je reste
Avec mes pensées tristes en silence :
Une fleur que je vois,
Qui ne fleurit pas.

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