La petite hirondelle s'envole au loin

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Die Schwälble ziehet fort, ziehet fort

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA

Die Schwälble ziehet fort, ziehet fort,
Weit an en andre Ort;
Und i sitz' do in Traurigkeit,
Es isch a böse, schwere Zeit.

Könnt' i no fort durch d' Welt, fort durch d' Welt,
Weil mir's hie gar net, gar net g'fällt!
O Schwälble, komm, i bitt', i bitt'!
Zeig mir de Weg und nimm mi mit!

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Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Leipzig, first published 1851 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Volkslied", op. 7 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 4 (1852), published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Die Schwalbe", op. 61 (Sechs volkstümliche Lieder für 2 Singstimmen mit Pianoforte (ad lib.), 2tes Heft) no. 2, published 1854 [ vocal duet with piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
by (Philipp) Friedrich Silcher (1789 - 1860), "Böse Zeit" [sung text not yet checked]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , no title, copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , 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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Word count: 57

La petite hirondelle s'envole au loin

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

La petite hirondelle s'envole au loin,
Loin vers un autre endroit ;
Et je suis assise ici dans la tristesse,
C'est une période pénible et pesante.

Si seulement je pouvais aller de l'avant à travers le monde,
Car ici ce ,'est pas bien du tout pour moi !
Ô petite hirondelle, viens, je t'en prie !
Montre-moi le chemin et amène-moi avec toi !

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Translation of titles
"Die Schwalbe" = "La hirondelle"
"Volkslied" = "Chant populaire"

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a text in German (Deutsch) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Leipzig, first published 1851
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This text was added to the website: 2013-11-06
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Word count: 60