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Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe, Trage fort mein kleines Briefchen! Flieg zur Höhe, fliege schnell aus, Flieg hinein in Liebchens Haus! Fragt man dich, woher du kommest, Wessen Bote du geworden, Sag, du kommst vom treusten Herzen, Das vergeht in Trennnungsschmerzen.
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Authorship
- by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906) [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 Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe", alternate title: "Liebe Schwalbe, kleine Schwalbe", op. 112 (Sechs Quartette für S., A., T. und B. mit Pianoforte) no. 6 (1891), published 1892 [SATB quartet and piano], from the collection Vier Zigeunerlieder, no. 4, Leipzig, Peters [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , title 1: "Dear swallow, little swallow", copyright ©
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , title 1: "Rakas pääsky, pieni pääsky", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Chère hirondelle, petite hirondelle", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , title 1: "Rondine cara, piccola rondine", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (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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Word count: 40
Rakas pääsky, pieni pääsky, saata perille pieni viestini! Lennä korkealle, lennä nopeasti, lennä rakkaani talon luo! Jos joku kysyy, mistä tulet, kenen sanansaattaja olet - kerro saapuvasi uskollisesta sydämestä, joka on kuolemaisillaan eron tuskasta.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2008 by Milla Valkeasuo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Hugo Conrat (1845 - 1906)
This text was added to the website: 2008-05-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 34