Finkenfang
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
Es singt den lieben langen Tag
Mir selig durch den Sinn,
Wie frühlingsfroher Finkenschlag,
Wo immer ich auch bin.
Und löst in lauter Melodie
Das schicksalschwere Sein . . .
O daß mir nicht das Lied entflieh'--
Die Finken fang ich ein!
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Capturing finches", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Sharon Krebs
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2010-05-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 42
Capturing finches
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
Throughout the livelong day there is
A blissful singing in my spirit,
Like the sound of finches in springtime joy,
Wherever I may be.
And into pure melody it dissolves
My fate-laden existence . . .
Oh, so that the song may not leave me --
I shall capture the finches!
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 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: 2014-10-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 50