't Vogeltje doorklieft de lucht

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)

Translation © by Lau Kanen

Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Unknown Language

Our translations: AFR CAT DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA

Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft,
sucht nach einem Aste;
und das Herz, ein Herz begehrt's,
wo es selig raste.

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by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]
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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), "Vögelein durchrauscht die Luft", op. 52 no. 13 (1869), from Liebesliederwalzer, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton Rückauf (1855 - 1903), "Vöglein durchrauscht die Luft", op. 8 (Russische Volkspoësien für gemischten Chor mit vierhändiger Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1888 [ SSATTBB chorus and piano four-hands ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]

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AFR Afrikaans [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Pauline Kroger) , copyright © 2005, (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) , "The little bird rushes through the air", copyright ©
ENG English [singable] (Robert Schall) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le petit oiseau fonce en l'air", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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't Vogeltje doorklieft de lucht

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the German (Deutsch)

't Vogeltje doorklieft de lucht,
Zoekt een tak in 't lover;
En het hart, een hart zoekt het
Waar 't vindt rust en tover.

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Georg Friedrich Daumer (1800 - 1875)
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a text in Unknown Language by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , a "Russian-Polish" dance song [text unavailable]
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This text was added to the website: 2015-03-23
Line count: 4
Word count: 24