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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Peter von Bohlen (1796 - 1840)

Fliege, Vogel, fliege, Falke
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Czech (Čeština) 
Fliege, Vogel, fliege, Falke,
Durch den schönen, grünen Hain,
Sage meinem Herzgeliebten
Ich gedenke immer sein.
Daß ich lebe, daß ich trau're,
Daß nach ihm ich klage laut,
Daß ich seufze, daß ich weine,
[Weil]1 mein Aug' ihn nicht erschaut.

Fliege, Vogel, fliege, Falke,
Durch den schönen, grünen Wald,
Sage meinem Herzgeliebten
Daß ich sterbe alsobald.
Kann ich bleiben, kann ich leben,
Wenn kein Glück [mir will]2 erblüh'n?
Besser ist's im [Grab zu]3 liegen
Als zu leben ohne ihn!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   O. Dresel •   A. Fesca 

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1 Dresel: "Daß"
2 Dresel: "will mir"
3 Fesca: "Grabe"

Text Authorship:

  • by Peter von Bohlen (1796 - 1840), "Böhmisches Volkslied", from Blätter zur Kunde der Litteratur des Auslands, ed. E. Widemann, first published 1838 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Lied", 1849 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Philipp, Fürst zu Eulenburg-Hertefeld (1847 - 1921), "Fliege Vogel, fliege Falke", op. 4 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1893 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Siegel & Schimmel [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Alexander Fesca (1820 - 1849), "Klage des Mädchens", op. 45 (Drei Lieder für Sopran oder Tenor mit Piano) no. 1, published 1845 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], Braunschweig, Meyer [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Friedrich Hinrichs (1820 - 1892), "Böhmisches Volkslied", op. 7 (Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran (oder Tenor) mit Pianofortebegleitung), Heft 1 (Zwölf Volkslieder) no. 1, published 1879 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], Leipzig, Leuckart [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

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