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by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Hin und wieder fliegen Pfeile
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE GRE
Hin und wieder [fliegen]1 Pfeile;
Amors leichte Pfeile fliegen
Von dem schlanken goldnen Bogen;
Mädchen, seyd ihr nicht getroffen?
Es ist Glück! Es ist nur Glück.

Warum fliegt er so in Eile?
Jene dort will er besiegen;
Schon ist er vorbei geflogen;
Sorglos bleibt der Busen offen;
Gebet Acht! Er kommt zurück!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Goethe's Werke, Vollständige Ausgabe lezter Hand, Zehnter Band, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J.G.Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1827, pages 208-209.

1 Schubert: "fliegen die"

Text Authorship:

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):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "De vegades volen les fletxes", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heen en weer, ja, vliegen pijlen", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Back and forth fly arrows", copyright © 2008
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Des flèches volent de temps en temps", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Πάνε κι έρχονται τα βέλη", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 52

Heen en weer, ja, vliegen pijlen
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Heen en weer, ja, vliegen pijlen;
Amors lichte pijlen springen
Van zijn slanke, gouden boogje.
Meisjes, ben je niet getroffen?
Puur geluk! Alleen geluk.

Waarom moet hij toch zo ijlen?
Die daarginds wil hij bedwingen;
Reeds is hij voorbij gevlogen;
Zij blijft bloot haar boezem doffen;
Let maar op! Hij komt terug!

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation from German (Deutsch) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2005 by Lau Kanen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 52