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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!
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View original text (without footnotes)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"Authorship:
- by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1787/88, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella [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), "Hin und wieder fliegen die Pfeile", D 239 no. 3 (1815), published 1893 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from operetta Claudine von Villa Bella, no. 3, Ariette der Lucinde [sung text checked 1 time]
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 text: 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; 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!
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- 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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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), no title, written 1787/88, appears in Claudine von Villa Bella
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 52