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Ein Vögelein Fliegt [über den]1 Rhein Und [wiegt]2 die Flügel Im Sonnenschein, Sieht Rebenhügel Und grüne Flut [In goldner Glut. --]3 Wie wohl das tut, So hoch erhoben Im Morgenhauch! Beim [Vögelein]4 droben, O wär' ich auch!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gedichte von C. Reinhold, Stuttgart: C. Mäcken, Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1853, pages 65-66.
1 Lang: "über'n". Lang set this text before the poem was published. She was using Köstlin’s poetry manuscript (Z 2722/8, poem 32, Deutsches Literaturarchiv, Marbach, Germany) in which the word is "über'n"2 Lang (when the text is repeated): "wieget"
3 omitted by Lang.
4 Brahms: "Vöglein"
Authorship:
- by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf dem Schiffe", written 1842, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853 [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Auf dem Schiffe", op. 97 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 2 (1885), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Josephine Lang (1815 - 1880), "Vögelein", op. 14 (Sechs deutsche Lieder) no. 5 (1842), published 1848 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Op het schip", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "In the boat", copyright ©
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Odile Bénassy) , "Un petit oiseau", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Un uccelletto vola sul Reno", copyright © 2010, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 37
A tiny bird Flies over the Rhein And flaps its wings in the bright sunshine. It sees hills with vines And a green river [In a golden glow.]1 How good it is, To be raised so high Up in the morning air! Up above with that little bird, O, would I were there as well!
1 omitted by Lang.
Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Christian Reinhold (1813 - 1856), "Auf dem Schiffe", written 1842, appears in Gedichte, in Lieder und vermischte Gedichte, first published 1853
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55