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Ihr Wandervögel in der Luft, Im Aetherglanz, im Sonnenduft, In blauen Himmelswellen, Euch grüß' ich als Gesellen! Ein Wandervogel bin ich auch, Mich trägt ein frischer Lebenshauch, Und meines Sanges Gabe Ist meine liebste Habe. Im Beutel rostet mir kein Geld, Das rennt wie ich in alle Welt. Die ganze Welt durchfliegen Ist besser als verliegen. Dem blanken und dem frischen gar, Dem gönn' ich gern die Wanderjahr', Das muß mit all dem andern Gleich wieder weiter wandern. Wo mir ein voller Becher blinkt -- Den möcht' ich sehen, der mich zwingt, Daß ich das Gottgeschenke Nicht voller Freuden tränke! Beim Schopfe nimm den Augenblick! Das ist mein Spruch, das ist mein Schick. Ich hasse was da staubig, Nur an das Frische glaub' ich!
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Confirmed with Otto Roquette, Waldmeisters Brautfahrt: ein Rhein-, Wein- und Wandermärchen, Ein-und-sechzigste Auflage, Stuttgart: Verlag der J.G. Cotta’schen Buchhandlung, 1890, pages 13-14
Authorship
- by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), no title, appears in Waldmeisters Brautfahrt: ein Rhein-, Wein- und Wandermärchen, in 2. Wandervögel [author's text checked 2 times 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 Gustav Heinrich Graben-Hoffmann (1820 - 1900), "Wandervögel", op. 101 (Drei Lieder für 1 Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand von Hiller (1811 - 1885), "Wandervögel", op. 52, Heft 1 no. 1, published 1852 [ vocal quartet of male voices ], from 10 Lieder aus Waldmeisters Brautfahrt, für 4 Männerstimmen, no. 1, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Théodore Kahle , "Ihr Wandervögel in der Luft", op. 22 (Vierstimmige Gesänge für gemischten Chor), Heft 1 no. 3, published 1876 [ four-part mixed chorus a cappella ], Berlin, Bahn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich [Fritz] Kirchner (1840 - 1907), "Wandervögel", op. 96 (Zwei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 2, published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Forberg [sung text not yet checked]
- by Franz Ries (1846 - 1932), "Wandervögel", op. 12 (6 Lieder) no. 4, published 1872 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by H. Willemsen , "Wandervögel", op. 1 (Drei Lieder für eine tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1873 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 123
Ye migrating birds in the air, In the radiance of the ether, in the scent of the sun, In the blue waves of the heavens, I greet you as comrades! I, too, am a migrating bird, I am carried by a fresh breeze of life, And the gift of my singing Is my dearest possession. No coinage is collecting rust in my money bag, Like me, it runs through the whole world. To fly through the entire world Is better than to lie around. The shiny and the brisk, I gladly do not begrudge the years of wandering, With everything else, it must Immediately wander onward again. Where a full goblet beckons to me – I would like to see him, who would make me Not drink the gift from God With utter happiness! Grasp the moment firmly! That is my maxim, that is my fate. I hate that which is dusty, I only believe in that which is fresh!
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Translations of title(s):
"Wandervögel" = "Migrating birds"
"Ihr Wandervögel in der Luft" = "Ye migrating birds in the air"
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2017 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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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Otto Roquette (1824 - 1896), no title, appears in Waldmeisters Brautfahrt: ein Rhein-, Wein- und Wandermärchen, in 2. Wandervögel
This text was added to the website: 2017-09-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 160