by Wilhelm Moór
Translation Singable translation by Helen Dellenbauch Tretbar (1835 - 1902)

An die Geliebte
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Ich wünsch', ich hätte Flügel,
zur Geliebten wollt' ich flieh'n
und Liebe ohne Zügel
führt' uns zum Eden hin!

Ich würd' sie küssen innig
ohne End' und ohne Ruh'
und spräch' zu ihr so minnig:
Du herz'ges Täubchen du!

Und fest würd' ich sie drücken
ans sehnend traur'ge Herz,
der Erde zu entrücken,
zu flieh'n dem ird'schen Schmerz.

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  • ENG English [singable] (Helen Dellenbauch Tretbar) , "On Pinions Swift"


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On Pinions Swift
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
On pinions swift I'd speed me,
To my lov'd one I would fly;
Let love unfetter'd lead me
On to an Eden of joy.

Most tenderly I'd kiss her,
As I softly sigh'd my love!
And sweetly I would whisper:
My dearest heart, my dove!

And fondly then I'd press her
To my sadden'd longing heart,
And fondly I caress her,
Till my sorrows would depart.

Note: from the Moór score.


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