by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829)
Die Vögel
Language: German (Deutsch)
Wie lieblich und fröhlich, Zu schweben, zu singen, [Von]1 glänzender Höhe Zur Erde zu blicken! Die Menschen sind thöricht, Sie können nicht [zwitschern]2. Sie jammern in Nöthen, Wir flattern gen Himmel. Der Jäger will tödten, Dem Früchte wir pickten; Wir müssen ihn höhnen, Und Beute gewinnen.
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2 Schlegel (1809 and later editions), and Schubert: "fliegen"
Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
Confirmed with Musen-Almanach für das Jahr 1802. Herausgegeben von A. W. Schlegel und L. Tieck. Tübingen, in der Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1802, page 135; and with Friedrich Schlegel's sämmtliche Werke. Erster Band. Gedichte. Berlin, bei Julius Eduard Hitzig, 1809, page 14.
1 Schubert: "In"2 Schlegel (1809 and later editions), and Schubert: "fliegen"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich von Schlegel (1772 - 1829), "Die Vögel", appears in Abendröte, in Erster Teil, no. 3, first published 1802 [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 Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Die Vögel", op. posth. 172 (Sechs Lieder) no. 6, D 691 (1820?), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], C. A. Spina, VN 16784, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Els ocells", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De vogels", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Gordon) , "Birds", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Les oiseaux", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Uccelli", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: David Gordon , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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