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by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874)
Translation © by Salvador Pila

O Schmetterling sprich
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
[O]1 Schmetterling sprich,
Was fliehest du mich?
Warum doch so eilig,
Jetzt fern und dann nah?

Jetzt fern und dann nah,
Jetzt hier und dann da -- 
Ich will dich nicht haschen,
Ich thu' dir kein Leid.

Ich thu' dir kein Leid:
O bleib allezeit!
Und wär ich ein Blümchen,
So spräch' ich zu dir,

So spräch' ich zu dir:
Komm, komm doch zu mir!
Ich schenk' dir mein Herzchen,
Wie gut bin ich dir!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Hoffmann von Fallersleben, Leipzig, Weidmann'sche Buchhandlung, 1843, page 533.

1 omitted by Schumann

Text Authorship:

  • by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie gut bin ich dir!", appears in Kinderlieder [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 Otto Dresel (1826 - 1890), "Schmetterling", 1849 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Schmetterling", op. 79 no. 2 (1849), published 1849 [ voice and piano ], from Liederalbum für die Jugend, no. 2, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Vlinder", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "How fond I am of you!", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le papillon", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75

Oh papallona, digues
Language: Catalan (Català)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Oh papallona, digues,
per què fuges de mi?
Per què tens tanta pressa,
adés lluny i adés a prop?

Adés lluny i adés a prop,
adés aquí i adés allà,
no et vull pas agafar,
no et faré cap mal.

No et faré cap mal:
oh, resta aquí per sempre!
I si jo fos una flor,
jo et diria,

jo et diria:
vine, vine cap a mi!
Jo et donaria el meu petit cor,
que bo que sóc per a tu!

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Translations of title(s):
"Schmetterling" = "La papallona"
"Wie gut bin ich dir!" = "Que bo que sóc per a tu!"


Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2020 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

  • a text in German (Deutsch) by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben (1798 - 1874), "Wie gut bin ich dir!", appears in Kinderlieder
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This text was added to the website: 2020-10-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 81

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