by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Sommerlust im Walde
Language: German (Deutsch)
Einstmals ging ich spazieren
durch einen grünen Wald,
da hört' ich jubilieren
die Vöglein jung und alt,
doch tät mir wohl gefallen
die Nachtigall vor allen.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!
Ob auch all' Vöglein sungen
gar lieblich mit Stimmen all',
das weit es hat erklungen
wohl über Berg und Tal,
doch tät mir wohl gefallen
die Nachtigall vor allen.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , title 1: "Summer's joy in the forest", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 71
Summer's joy in the forest
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
Once I went out walking
Through a green forest;
There I heard rejoicing
The birds both young and old,
But the one that I liked better than the rest
Was the nightingale.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!
Though all the little birds sang
Beautifully with all their voices,
So that it resounded widely
Over mountain and valley,
Yet the one that I liked better than the rest
Was the nightingale.
Fa la la, Fa la la la la!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2013 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.
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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 81