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by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall
Was singt ihr und sagt ihr mir, Vögelein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Our translations: ENG
Was [singt ihr und]1 sagt ihr mir, Vögelein, Von Liebe? Was klingt ihr und klagt ihr ins Herz mir hinein Von Liebe? Ihr habt mir gesagt und gesungen genug, Ich hab' euch gehört und verstanden genug Von Liebe, Von Liebe, von Liebe. O singt nun, o sagt nun dem Mägdelein Von Liebe! O klingt nun, o klagt nun ins Herz ihr hinein Von Liebe! Und wenn ihr [des Mägdeleins]2 Herz mir ersingt, Dann ewig, o Vögelein, sagt mir und singt Von Liebe, Von Liebe, von Liebe!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)1 Kjerulf: "singet und"; Radecke: "singt und"; further changes may exist not noted above.
2 Mendel: "der Lieblichen"
Text Authorship:
- by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Liebespredigt", appears in Jugendlieder, Zweite Abtheilung, no. 11 [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 Wilhelm Reinhard Berger (1861 - 1911), "Liebespredigt", op. 47 (Vier Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Simon [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Blomberg , "Liebespredigt", op. 8 (Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1879 [ voice and piano ], Bonn, Cohen [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wenzel Theodor Bradsky (1833 - 1881), "Liebespredigt", op. 6 (Zwei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Adolf) Emil Büchner (1826 - 1908), "Liebespredigt", op. 16 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1854 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Whistling [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Liebespredigt", op. 17 no. 3, published 1846 [ TTBB quartet a cappella ], from 5 Gedichte von Fr. Rückert für vier Männerstimmen, no. 3, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Theophil Traugott Forchhammer (1847 - 1923), "Liebespredigt", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Fünf Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 2, Magdeburg, Rathke [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernst Frank (1847 - 1889), "Liebespredigt", op. 1 (Zehn Lieder) no. 10, published 1871 [ voice and piano ], Wien, Gotthard [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hermann (Gustav) Goetz (1840 - 1876), "Liebespredigt", 1858 [ SATB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896), "Liebespredigt", op. 79 (5 Lieder für Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1857 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Offenbach, André [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "Liebespredigt", op. 2 (Sechs Lieder) no. 1 (1870-1871) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Victor von Herzfeld , "Liebespredigt", published 1879 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 1, Wien, Gutmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Liebespredigt", op. 5 (8 Sånger) no. 7 (1852-1858), published 1858 [ voice and piano ], also set in Norwegian (Bokmål) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arno Kleffel (1840 - 1913), "Liebespredigt", op. 14 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3, published 1873 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Friedrich Martin Klughardt (1847 - 1902), "Liebespredigt", op. 21 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Henning Karl Adam von Koss (1855 - 1913), "Liebespredigt", op. 5 (Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 4, published 1891 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Glas [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Lindner (1820 - 1878), "Liebespredigt", op. 23 (4 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Begleitung des Pianoforte) no. 2, published 1852 [ voice and piano ], Hannover, Bachmann [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Liebespredigt", op. 106 no. 5, published 1840 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Frühlingsliebe von Fr. Rückert für Sopran oder Tenor, no. 5, Hannover, Nagel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johann Jakob Mendel (1809 - 1881), "Jugendliebe" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Albert Maria) Robert Radecke (1830 - 1911), "Liebespredigt", op. 54 (Sechs Lieder ) no. 6 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hugo Reichenberger (1873 - 1938), "Liebespredigt", op. 2 (5 Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Klavierbegleitung) no. 1, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], München : Jos. Aibl Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Wilhelm Julius Rietz (1812 - 1877), "Liebespredigt", op. 27 (7 Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1849 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
- by August Scharrer (1866 - 1936), "Liebespredigt", op. 18 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Baden-Baden, Sommermeyer [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ferdinand Sieber (1822 - 1895), "Liebespredigt", op. 16 (Drei Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1865 [ voice and piano ], Dresden, Friedel [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Moritz Vogel (1846 - 1922), "Liebespredigt", op. 24 (Lieder und Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
- by Friedrich von Wickede (1834 - 1904), "Liebespredigt", op. 42 no. 1, published 1874 [ low voice and piano ], in Die musikalische Welt, Braunschweig, Litolff [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Ferdinand Würst (1824 - 1881), "Liebespredigt", op. 20 (Lieder und Gesänge), Heft 3 no. 8, published 1853 [ voice and piano ], Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Zöllner (1854 - 1941), "Liebespredigt", op. 2 (Drei Lieder für Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1877 [ soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Norwegian (Bokmål), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Halfdan Kjerulf.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 86
What do you sing and tell me, little...
Language: English after the German (Deutsch)
What do you sing and tell me, little birds, About love? What do you twitter and sob into my heart About love? You have sung and told me enough, I have heard and grasped enough from you About love, About love, about love. O sing now, O tell the maiden About love! O twitter now, O sob into her heart About love! And if your singing might win me the [maiden’s]1 heart, Then forever, O little birds, tell me and sing About love, About love, about love!
About the headline (FAQ)
View original text (without footnotes)Translations of titles
"Liebespredigt" = "Love sermon"
"Jugendliebe" = "Youthful love"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2022 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Friedrich Rückert (1788 - 1866), "Liebespredigt", appears in Jugendlieder, Zweite Abtheilung, no. 11
This text was added to the website: 2022-07-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 87