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by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914)

Singschwäne ziehn 
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  FIN
Die Nacht ist still, ich stehe am Fenster,
am Monde vorüber die Wolken fliehn,
mit leisem Singen oben, hoch oben,
den Augen nicht sichtbar, die Singschwäne ziehn.
 
Das klingt und singt durch die nächtliche Stille,
das singt und klingt und klingt und singt
so sehnsuchtsvoll nach jenem Lande,
das ihnen als Heimat winkt.
 
Meine Gedanken, die wandern wie Schwäne
hell und schimmernd durch die Nacht
und singen Lieder in deine Träume,
du schläfst, und dein roter Mund, der lacht.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermann Löns (1866 - 1914) [author's text not yet checked 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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Singschwäne ziehn ", <<1944 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Laulujoutsenet muuttavat", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2019-10-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

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