Oh give me wings | Oh give me wings to soar to her

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by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

O Flügel mir, um zu ihr hinzuschweben

Language: German (Deutsch)

Our translations: ENG

   O Flügel mir, um zu ihr hinzuschweben
Im Abendschein,
Ringsher ein Netz aus Traumesgold zu weben,
Mein Bildnis drein!
   Weh, armes Bild, du darfst es nimmer wagen
Verdämm're nur,
Und höchstens leb' in leisen Liedesklagen
Auf dieser Flur!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Der Zauberring. Ein Ritterroman von Friedrich Baron de La Motte Fouqué, Erster Theil, Braunschweig: C.A. Schwetschke und Sohn (M. Bruhn), 1865, page 82

Text Authorship:

by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Der Zauberring [author's text checked 1 time 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 Moritz Hauptmann (1792 - 1868), "O Flügel mir", op. 1 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 3, published 1844 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Peters (Neue Auflage) [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Borromäus von Militz (1781 - 1845), "O Flügel mir", S. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh give me wings", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Oh give me wings

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  Oh give me wings to soar to her
In the glow of eventide,
Round about to weave a net of the gold of dreams,
My image within it!
  Woe, wretched image, you must never dare to do it,
Only fade away,
And, at most, live in quiet laments of love
Upon this meadow!

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a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Heinrich Karl, Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué (1777 - 1843), no title, appears in Der Zauberring
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This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 54