Oh! for the wings of a dove!
Language: English
Available translation(s): FRE
Oh ! for the wings of a dove !
To fly far away from my own soul,
Reach and be merged in the vast whole
heaven of infinite love !
Oh ! that I were as the rain
To fall and be lost in the great sea
One with the waves till the drowned me
Might not be severed again.
Infinite arms of the air
Surrounding the stars and without strife
Blending our life with their large life
Lift me and carry me there!
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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):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Sylvain Labartette) , "Oh! avoir des ailes de colombe!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Oh! avoir des ailes de colombes", first published 1903 [an adaptation]
Researcher for this page: Sylvain Labartette
This text was added to the website: 2005-02-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 84
Oh! avoir des ailes de colombe!
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Oh! avoir des ailes de colombe!
Pour m'envoler loin de mon âme,
Atteindre l'immensité et me fondre
Dans les cieux de l'amour infini!
Oh! que ne suis-je comme la pluie
Tomber et me perdre dans la vaste mer,
faire qu'une avec les vagues jusqu'à ce que mon moi englouti
ne puisse de nouveau être désuni.
Les bras infinis de l'air entourant les étoiles
Et sans lutte, mélant notre vie
à leur immense vie,
me soulèvent et m'emportent là-bas!
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This text was added to the website: 2005-02-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 79