by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918)
Das Wölklein
Language: German (Deutsch)
Ich geh' auf stillen Auen, die Luft glänzt mild und hell, ein Wölklein hoch im Blauen segelt dahin so schnell. Von goldnem Licht umsponnen, acht, wie es selig glüht! Und ist doch bald zerronnen, auch seine Schwingen werden müd.
Text Authorship:
- by Martin Boelitz (1874 - 1918) [author's text not yet checked 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 Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Das Wölklein", op. 76 (Schlichte Weisen) no. 33 (1907) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "El petit núvol", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le petit nuage", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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