Lied des transferierten Zettel | Die Schwalbe, die den Sommer bringt

Translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845)

The ousel cock, so black of hue

Language: English

The ousel cock, so black of hue,
With orange-tawny bill,
The throstle with his note so true,
The wren with little quill.

The finch, the sparrow, and the lark,
The plain-song cuckoo grey,
Whose note full many a man doth mark,
And dares not answer nay.

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Note: used in Matthew King's A Song of Byrds.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1: Bottom's song [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-10
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Word count: 46

Lied des transferierten Zettel

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: CAT ITA

Die Schwalbe, die den Sommer bringt,
der Spatz, der Zeisig fein,
Die Lerche, die sich lustig schwingt
bis in den Himmel 'nein.

Der Kukuck, der der Grasmück'
so gern ins Nestchen heckt,
Und lacht darob mit arger Tück',
und manchen Ehemann neckt.

Text Authorship:

by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 3, Scene 1: Bottom's song
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Lied des transferierten Zettel", 1889, from Vier Gedichte nach Heine, Shakespeare und Lord Byron (1888-1896), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-10-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 42