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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!
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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
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 against a primary source]
- by Carl Borromäus von Militz (1781 - 1845), "O Flügel mir", S. 6. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
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
Researcher for this text: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 39
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
This text was added to the website: 2015-11-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 54